Ronnie Coleman's Back Surgery?

In the world of bodybuilding there are a few things that can quickly end a career for even the best and spinal surgery is one of those things. It was in early 2011 that fans of Ronnie started noticing something different about him. His left Latissimus Dorsi muscle, also known as his “lat” seemed smaller than his right. In some cases it was also noted that the left tricep seemed a bit smaller than the right as well. For a bodybuilder symmetry is everything, of course size and leanness matter, but it does not matter how big you are if you are not symmetrical. Ronnie Coleman has been the king of symmetry for his entire career, how else do you get the title of Mr. Olympia 8X? So why was this mysteriously happening to one of the most historical figures in bodybuilding history?

It turns out the poor Ronnie was suffering from pain due to spinal cord or nerve root pressure from a cervical disc herniation. The injury location was discovered by a Myelography which often times is more effective with finding these types of injuries over a CT scan or Xray. Myelography is a type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors.

Ronnie Coleman made a Cervical Disectomy Fusion of C4-C5 C5-C6 and C6-C7. This will take about 4 weeks for him to recover from but only a champion as resilient as 8X time Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman could have Spinal Surgery and refer to it as a cosmetic surgery and tell everyone just after he will be back on the stage in weeks. He jokingly tweeted that the surgery was actually to help him put more size on. Ronnie has repeatedly said that he feels his back surgeries will benefit him in the long wrong, not hinder him. That is the perspective of a true winner.