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Passive modalities are placebo at best. Generally they raise the persons threat response which keeps them hyper sensitive to benign nerve inputs. We have large groups of people that now sit around in pain because they haven't had their myofascil release yet, and that dependency is as bad as opiates if the goal is to get a person out of pain.Try a ball medicine ball on your lower abs to release trigger points
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Kind of moot, as it appears I don't have an injured back at all. It's muscles in the core and pelvic floor locking up, as well as the piriformis mentioned earlier. The PT is helping, but I'm taking things very very slowly. Unfortunately, bracing for squats/DLs is a major trigger, but believe me, I would love to get back into the gym.question to OP, would u rather have a weak and injured back or a strong and injured back?
A lot of times people with back pain have over developed erectors.question to OP, would u rather have a weak and injured back or a strong and injured back?
Never heard of it.
I think I had both postural and gait analysis for PT, which are informing the current treatment protocol. I also had a "postural analysis" done for free at an event booth by a chiropractor I didn't really trust, who told me (shockingly) I was horrendously crooked and in dire need of chiropractic care.
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Just realized I should of first asked if you’ve ever had a postural assessment done during PT?
Not a fan of chiros.I think I had both postural and gait analysis for PT, which are informing the current treatment protocol. I also had a "postural analysis" done for free at an event booth by a chiropractor I didn't really trust, who told me (shockingly) I was horrendously crooked and in dire need of chiropractic care.
The postural assessment is a good starting point. Leg length discrepancy in particular along with whatever else is jacked up from injuries, age, or just poor posture.I think I had both postural and gait analysis for PT, which are informing the current treatment protocol. I also had a "postural analysis" done for free at an event booth by a chiropractor I didn't really trust, who told me (shockingly) I was horrendously crooked and in dire need of chiropractic care.
Been having some back pain the last month or so when I ride my new fish.Thought it was from riding as a twin but maybe i'm raising my head more? Pretty good in regards to keeping head down.To the point of getting pressures from chin. No pain when on my shortboards.Don't raise your head, neck, and shoulders so much when you paddle. Keep your head lower. Always do stretching before and after a session.
Your muscles aren't locking up and your piriformis is fine. Your PT is shaking you down to keep you coming back.Kind of moot, as it appears I don't have an injured back at all. It's muscles in the core and pelvic floor locking up, as well as the piriformis mentioned earlier. The PT is helping, but I'm taking things very very slowly. Unfortunately, bracing for squats/DLs is a major trigger, but believe me, I would love to get back into the gym.
Yeah... given that I had months of excruciating pain before going to PT that got worse with trips to the gym and now the pain is absent most days and far diminished when it does come back, they can keep taking my $25 copay.Your muscles aren't locking up and your piriformis is fine. Your PT is shaking you down to keep you coming back.
Activity.was it the pt or the time that allowed it to heal?
It was the PT.Activity.
As you found out, a well programmed strength and conditioning program works. Random gym type stuff doesn't.
Any PT that says a muscle is locked up, or not firing....or really even mentions piriformis should be quickly ignored. Lets just entertain for a moment that any or this is true (it's not). What do you gain by telling a person who is in pain, yeah, you're broken. It's criminal that douchebags like that make up sh!t in order to nod in agreement with a patient who is suffering to some degree.
Tennis balls won't do shat if its a disc issue, which you probably can't figure out without an MRI. I have 4 discs in my lumbar with significant bulges. I have permanent numbness on the inside of one of my calves and other issues associated with it. I had pain so bad that I couldn't walk for almost a month about 2 years ago.
I use stretches from a book called The Permanent Pain Cure by Ming Chew. You can get it off Amazon for about $10. The guy is a PT who has worked on pro athletes. A friend of mine went to see him in New York and he was able to avoid shoulder surgery and fixed his back up as well.
I wake up with a stiff back most every morning and the stretches get rid of the pain. The book has a series of stretches for the back along with specific stretch routines for things such as sciatica. I've turned other people on to the book who have said it changed their life. It takes a while to learn the stretches properly. He also has a section on food and supplements aimed at reducing inflammation and getting rid of scar tissue caused by injuries.
One of the things that helped me when I was in agonizing pain is I hydrated myself, which is what the book recommends before starting the stretches. I started drinking about a gallon of water a day instead of dehydrating with wine and coffee. Lots of disc issues can be caused by dehydration. The disc shrinks and then slips out.
That's my 2 cents. Otherwise, there is always dead lifts, cutting gluten and going no carb.
Hot yoga about 5x a week has kept everything in check for me ever since.