Swimming is a form of exercise that people may attempt for low back pain relief. The idea is that swimming helps spare the body of stress due to its low impact; however, if the context isn’t specified – then this isn’t correct to say. Yes, standing in water will be less stressful since the buoyancy forces
Ever since I injured my low back and did my rehab several years ago – I developed an interest in spine biomechanics. It’s ironic since I did a masters degree in exercise physiology. But my lower back problems and strength & conditioning roles with the Windsor Spitfires and Toronto Raptors changed my interest. And spine biomechanics
I was in the gym the other night going through my standard high-intensity interval training (HIIT) treadmill workout. The workout went fine, but, on this night, I decided to switch things up by adding some battle rope HIIT after the treadmill sprints. I got through the battle rope HIIT without any issues up until the last interval. While performing
Recently, one of my social media followers on Instagram had a question about what bench press technique he should assume considering he has had a host of lower back problems including a herniated disc. Here was this fellas question: “I had my share of back injuries in the past including an L5-S1 herniated disc (posterior).
Osteoarthrosis, also known as degenerative joint disease is a condition I was diagnosed with a little over 4 and a half years ago after undergoing an MRI on my lumbar spine. The osteoarthrosis was a mild case and seen at all of my lumbar facet joints at the age of 20 years old. While the
To follow up my previous post on lumbar disc herniation’s in hockey players, I thought it would only be fitting to talk about another common lower back injury in hockey players, which is spondylolysis. While not as common as lumbar disc herniation’s in hockey players, spondylolysis is still an injury that is relatively common and can cause
