I’m willing to bet that if you’re reading this blog post — you have a bad back. I’m also willing to bet, given your low back scenario, and given this blog is dedicated towards strength & conditioning, you’re interested in: Keeping your low back healthy. Making your low back resilient to injury. Building a bulletproof
Writing an exercise program for a client with low back pain is a challenge. People come to me with a history of discogenic problems, retrolisthesis, facet degeneration, endplate fractures, etc. Each client is unique. And requries a different approach. The discogenic person tends to have a difficult time with lumbar flexion, whereas the person with
The other day I had a client say to me that their low back felt off after a set of trap bar deadlifts. After hearing this, and STRICTLY observing their form on their next set, their form was fine. But. The problem I noticed was that they weren’t properly bracing. As a result, the core
Today I’m going to outline five back pain myths I learned during my journey of overcoming low back pain. Back pain myths run rampant, and, unfortunately, steer people in the wrong direction. If overcoming low back pain is your goal then follow along as I discuss five common back pain myths destroying your progress.
Spine biomechanics is one area of research that I admire. Understanding how a disc bulge develops, or how a loss of disc height alters force fascinates me. It’s a bit ironic since I never had an appreciation for this field until my back issues (L5-S1 Disc herniation & Facet Joint Osteoarthrosis). And I know I
An area I find of concern for people trying to overcome low back pain is the post-rehab process. For instance, you’ll see a person with low back pain opt for conservative treatment. Or. Surgery, if conservative treatment doesn’t work. In the cases were people improve with conservative treatment or surgery, they may return to normal
