10 Myths About Lower Back Pain (LBP)

VonMeister

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Can anyone explain why my back pain has moved into my right butt cheek?

Is it all the squats I've been doing?
Completely normal and common symptom of being old. You have some nerve sensitivity that is causing it. When it flares up activity, like squats or really just about anything that will get you moving will usually get it to subside. Just go surfing. You'll forget all about it. Activity isn't going to make your back flare up again.
 

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Thanks. Ordered the barbell. Am doing some burpees. Hope to surf this weekend.

But seriously, O.L.D. syndrome sucks....
I laid out a plan for you almost 2 months ago. One a kinesiologist laid out for me. And yet here you are. In more pain. All this lifting is making muscles shorter and tighter when they need to be longer and open. You are tight. You need to hit certain flexibility standards before you mix weight training in or you will always be in pain and tight and at risk for injury. Stop the lifting. You are already seeing it has caused you more pain. VonMeisters way just cost you nearly 2 months.
 
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I laid out a plan for you almost 2 months ago. One a kinesiologist laid out for me. And yet here you are. In more pain. All this lifting is making muscles shorter and tighter when they need to be longer and open. You are tight. You need to hit certain flexibility standards before you mix weight training in or you will always be in pain and tight and at risk for injury. Stop the lifting. You are already seeing it has caused you more pain. VonMeisters way just cost you nearly 2 months.
Did you read my posts? I'm not lifting weights, unless you call 10 lb dumbbells weights, and I am doing your stretch.

I'm not following VMs way...yet. I'm doing a series of body weight exercises prescribed by- ER MD, primary care MD, pain specialist MD and 2 physical therapists. I throw in a few things I find here and there, like your stretch, but your stretch sends me pretty strong pain signals. I'm going to ask the PTs about it next week.

What does the erBB brain trust think of this-


I've been doing pull ups and chin ups and I can feel it tense the back.

I don't know what exactly's working but I got 50-60% better after a couple weeks ( could do everyday things but still had considerable pain) and then my recovery just stalled. But the past few days I've been feeling a lot of improvement. I'm doing burpees now which was like my last hurdle before deciding to surf.

VMs weight lifting prescription going forward will be my preventative regimen. Lots of research backing it up.

Oh, and I'll be stretching.

So, can't we all just get along?
 
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gbg

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Did you read my posts? I'm not lifting weights, unless you call 10 lb dumbbells weights, and I am doing your stretch.

I'm not following VMs way...yet. I'm doing a series of body weight exercises prescribed by- ER MD, primary care MD, pain specialist MD and 2 physical therapists. I throw in a few things I find here and there, like your stretch, but your stretch sends me pretty strong pain signals. I'm going to ask the PTs about it next week.

What does the erBB brain trust think of this-


I've been doing pull ups and chin ups and I can feel it tense the back.

I don't know what exactly's working but I got 50-60% better after a couple weeks ( could do everyday things but still had considerable pain) and then my recovery just stalled. But the past few days I've been feeling a lot of improvement. I'm doing burpees now which was like my last hurdle before deciding to surf.

VMs weight lifting prescription going forward will be my preventative regimen. Lots of research backing it up.

Oh, and I'll be stretching.

So, can't we all just get along?
Stop the chin ups and pull ups.
 

VonMeister

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“Stretching interventions with 3- to 8-week duration do not seem to change either the muscle or the tendon properties, although it increases the extensibility and tolerance to a greater tensile force. Adaptations to chronic stretching protocols shorter than 8 weeks seem to mostly occur at a sensory level.”13

So it’s all in your head.hmmmmm
 

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Did you read my posts? I'm not lifting weights, unless you call 10 lb dumbbells weights, and I am doing your stretch.

I'm not following VMs way...yet. I'm doing a series of body weight exercises prescribed by- ER MD, primary care MD, pain specialist MD and 2 physical therapists. I throw in a few things I find here and there, like your stretch, but your stretch sends me pretty strong pain signals. I'm going to ask the PTs about it next week.

What does the erBB brain trust think of this-


I've been doing pull ups and chin ups and I can feel it tense the back.

I don't know what exactly's working but I got 50-60% better after a couple weeks ( could do everyday things but still had considerable pain) and then my recovery just stalled. But the past few days I've been feeling a lot of improvement. I'm doing burpees now which was like my last hurdle before deciding to surf.

VMs weight lifting prescription going forward will be my preventative regimen. Lots of research backing it up.

Oh, and I'll be stretching.

So, can't we all just get along?
Deadlifts for strong back
 
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