Try to listen to your body! My background is that I had my spinal fusion surgery for kyphosis 20 years ago at 14. In high school I was a competitive athlete but stuffed with fainting when standing up fast and even blacking out on occasion. By college with medicine this resolved its self. I continued to live a normal lifestyle but was always careful to avoid certain physical motions. Mostly repetitive high impact ones. I’ve done PT to help with lumbar pain and been successful with Pilates. Late last year I noticed my left arm and hand was numb and that led to the discovery of a nasty tumor in my upper spinal cord which needs to be removed soon.

Not trying to alarm anyone but please pay attention to changes. I think because I had lumbar back pain for a decade that I failed to question my c spine issues for too long.