I figured this was the best place to ask this question as I'm sure there are more than a few here who might be able to give me some personal insight. I've started my journey into using hand tools, bought a few but haven't used them yet because I need to build my bench first. Last Wednesday, I had an extremely painful back incident. Nothing acute to bring it on, just suddenly my back started to hurt like never before. I went to the ortho today and an X-ray was done. My problem turned out to be my SI joint. However, the X-ray showed I have some serious deterioration in my L4, L5 and starting on my L6. See attached x-ray. Oddly, my spine hasn't started to bother me yet, but I have a very thin disk in the back of these vertebrae.
Now I'm concerned that using hand tools like planes could hasten my disk deterioration. I'm sure there are folks here that have had problems with their back. Should I be concerned with using hand tools like planes with this pretty advanced deterioration? I'm pretty worried about it.