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Malenko:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 12, 2009, 09:56:53 am ---
Yoga will always help with something like that if you are physically capable as you are and if you start at the very beginning.  Don't just jump into poses.  They are sequential and the warmups/stretches build on themselves.  Try a beginner Yoga class at the Y or get a beginner DVD.  If you're in too much pain right now or don't have the range of motion you're going to have to start with some really remedial stretching work first.

Core flexibility and strength are almost always the answer for minor back problems.

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sign up for the class so that in 6 months to a year it wont hurt anymore. ::)
That Sphinx pose looks super advanced

grantspain:
i did my back in lifting a very large pool table,it got so bad that i could not walk
i had to take co-codamol and ibrufen tabs(heavy dose) just to dull the pain and then i had to go a special clinic where they fired electric shocks into my back and put me on a
stretching machine
it took 3 weeks for the pain to decrease and 2 years for my back to recover fully :o
even now i get the odd twinge and that's after 5 years

ark_ader:
I love it when the other half walks on my back, especially when the jumping up and down starts.

There must be some truth about being walked on or walked over when you have a bad back.

This works for me.

Namco:
I have this back injury from playing high school football that has followed me for 15 years. Whenever I feel stress or have something on my mind, my lower back area tenses up. If I'm not thinking and make a sudden movement in this condition, it'll tear my lower back muscle and I'll be out of comission for a few days until it heals.

This was a regular occurrence until 2006 when it happened last, I tore it REALLY bad. I was down for a week. Ever since, I've found that if I stand for more than an hour, my lower back gets extremely stiff and achy. If I don't sit properly, or sit in a car for more than two hours, I will get aches and pains.

Radial or twisting stretching aggravates the condition. To keep the pain away I workout every other day with plenty of sit ups, leg stretches, lower back extensions, upper back presses, and the lower back stretches where you pull your knees up into your chest. I never could touch my toes before, but I can now. Stretching feels great overall and relieves a lot of the stress that causes the lower back tightness.

If I lie flat on my stomach and press my hands to my lower back and push it down toward my heels, I can feel a small pop that relieves some pressure and feels good. The best relief is when I lie flat on my back with my arms outstretched for awhile. Those sphinx/cobra/upward dog poses don't feel good to me, but I figure it's because my lower back problems are muscle related and not spine related, but I'll never know because the ---smurfin---' doctor won't refer me to the spine clinic. The bastard.



Good luck with your pain. I don't know your physical condition, but good exercise and stretching (to an extent) never hurt.

I haven't had an episode where it'll "go out" on me since '06 but if I slack off on exercise, I can feel it getting worse.

SavannahLion:
I don't really subscribe to acupuncture therapy, but many of my friends swear by it. Whether it or the therapy regime works, I have no idea. The most dramatic is when the muscles in my friends face "collapsed" from Bells Palsy. The treatment/therapy apparently wasn't working until my friend tried acupuncture. I have another who does acupuncture on the horse, which also apparently works.  ??? You should see the needles for that. :scared

So uh, maybe speak to an acupuncture therapist or whatever they're called. Maybe they can offer something to help?

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