Chronic lower back pain affecting my training

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08-31-2011, 07:29 AM
Neggroll21

Chronic lower back pain affecting my training

Hey ya'll. For the past couple of years my lower back pain has steadily been getting worse. Every time I do something strenuous (weight lifting, rolling) it starts back up again. I don't know what to do. Weight lifting and jiu jitsu are a big part of my life. I can't just quit. I tried doing lower back pain exercises but nothing works. I've taken a month off to rest it but when I start back up again the pain returns. Recently I just decided to fight through the pain (fighters are almost always nursing an injury of some kind) and keep doing what I'm doing but the pain is getting more intense. Any advice? I tried talking to my doctor but he doesn't know fuck all.
08-31-2011, 07:32 AM
Neggroll21

Anyone else had this kind of injury?
08-31-2011, 08:01 AM
The kza

stop catching huge dicks in your butt
08-31-2011, 08:04 AM
RichardC

Definitely keep working your lower back out... ie deadlifts, good mornings, glute-ham raises, etc. However, you also need to stretch AFTER your weightlifting, and include hamstring stretches from several angles, along with several hip stretches and calf stretches. Deep tissue and trigger point massage also helps.

I used to have horrible lower back problems, but after I stretched my entire posterior chain (calves, hamstrings, hips, back) for several months, I have not had a problem since.
08-31-2011, 08:55 AM
Jay Chow

Yoga/Marijuana/Both
08-31-2011, 11:50 AM
Madison Wilkes

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Originally Posted by Jay Chow

Yoga/Marijuana/Both

+1
08-31-2011, 12:07 PM
J Grooms

Don't over stretch your back.. I used to have similar troubles. Since I stopped popping my back and over stretching it, it has reduced the pain somewhat. Also like the others have said: weed and yoga. I'm not an expert so take it for what its worth.
08-31-2011, 12:10 PM
Neggroll21

Thanks bros.
08-31-2011, 12:13 PM
Taylor Culbertson

Chop your balls off with a shovel.
08-31-2011, 12:18 PM
Madison Wilkes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor Culbertson

Chop your balls off with a shovel.

Certainly will make you forget about your back for a bit I think weed would be a better alternative though
08-31-2011, 12:22 PM
John Alighieri

Inversion table might be something you wanna look into.
08-31-2011, 02:56 PM
AJ Camacho

When I began having lower back issues I had to re approach everything I did from my day to day posture to how I played jiujitsu. Just as an example, I had to rely on my upper back and shoulders both for a lot of my hip movement and for defending the stack sparingly spinning on the small of my lower back. During most movement I try to keep my lower back locked out in an S curve in order to protect it.

This video sort of shows a variation of what I'm talking about. In a Standard arm bar you pivot off the small of your back to gain the optimum angle. In this variation, taught by Pedro Sauer, you actually pivot off of your upper back. The difference here is subtle, but try this no handed arm bar and you'll feel what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaOGpaFWSqE
08-31-2011, 05:59 PM
The kza

advil is probably better than pot considering one is illegal
09-01-2011, 12:54 AM
Jay Chow

Quote:

Originally Posted by The kza

advil is probably better than pot considering one is illegal

Wrongly illegal. Pot is better than advil
09-01-2011, 04:37 AM
Chris Herzog

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Chow

Wrongly illegal. Pot is better than advil

+100000!
09-01-2011, 06:03 AM
The kza

didn't you hear, smoking pot makes you rape white women and go crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_vLk1I6G4