Conan Stevens Nerve Injury, Rear Lat Spread

With no nerves leading into the muscles in the affected areas, the muscles themselves were not getting any exercise - it was as if the right hand side of my body just stayed on the couch all day watching TV.

This lack of use is what lead to them slowly wasting away.
So after several months one side of my body is superman, the other is Clark Kent. The superman side of my body is pulling the Clark Kent side out of balance. These massive muscle imbalances lead to intense pain in the weakened areas as they were pulled by the stronger side.

After months of agony, like a knife being slowly poked into my back - continually.

I decided to give up strength training and let my body balance out before something was permanently pulled out of alignment.