Spurlock's Gym

Bit concerned as I can feel a familiar pain in my lower back and ankle. Diazepam at the ready...

Really don't need another bout of that!

 

What is it?

 

Clearly I haven't moaned about it as much as I thought!

I had a prolapsed disc a few years ago and have suffered from back pain off and on ever since. At its worst I get full on sciatica which can mean pain that is indescribable. Runs from my lower back, through my left leg and into the point of my ankle where it is torture. Unfortunately the peak of the pain lasts for hours at a time. Hardcore drugs help but only slightly.

 

Ah right, thought it might be something interesting. Try drinking as much as me, might help.

 

When I'm incapacitated I drink heavily to top up the lovely drugs.

 

Hope you're OK fella.

 

Nothing worse than back pain. I suffer with it and when my back goes, it goes big time.

If anybody knows anything to help lower back pain, to prevent it from happening or to maybe toughen it up, I'm all ears. I can't do dead lifts in the gym, tried that and it put me out of action for about 3 month.

 

Yoga my friend. Yoga and a combination of tramadol.

 

Yoga is a good idea. Cheers

Don't like taking medication though. I'll give that a miss.

 

Bust my toe again lasting sparing, thats the second time this year

 

I do a bit of Yoga every morning, nothing too complicated, just some simple stretches and breathing. It's done wonders for my back.
I don't like taking meds either, but I've had some episodes where it's been so painful, that I've literally been in tears. The meds then are very welcome.

 

A guy I know swears by acupuncture.

 

I tried acupuncture. Have to say it did nothing for me.




































I just felt like a little prick

 

Why you kicking with your toe? You should be using your shins you dooley

 

Lower back pain is not necessarily a sign of a weak lower back, often the back over compensates for a weak core. You'll find the most benefit from training core, than any other muscle group as it provides stability and a good posture for every other lift more or less.

Yoga is brilliant, as Piskie says as is plyometrics, lots of jumping and bodyweight exercises, this helps with posture and balancing your left and right sides. When you pull a muscle in your back, it's usually poor posture or form that's made one muscle behave unnaturally.

If you're putting your back out with deads, then you have to look at the cause. Ask a PT where you're going wrong, it could be anything from form, including foot position, weak knees, bad footwear, poor posture, bad tempo, you may need to use the hex bar to adjust posture, you may need to use dumb bells/kettle bells, either way you should aim to get them into a workout, with squats ideally to make your back and core stronger.

 

foot was flat, but the little bugger blocked with his elbow.

 

I've had the best advice anybody could ask for and I've been shown how to train properly from blokes who have been training and entering competitions all their lives. I'm confident that I know I'm doing my excerises correctly.

It's a weakness in the family with our backs, it goes right through from grandparents down to Sammie who has to keep stretching and moving about. I'd love to get to the bottom of it. I'll definitely give yoga a try and squats with kettlebells doesn't sound to strenuous, so I could maybe give that a try, cheers for that.

 

Pilates can help

 

Haven't been to the gym in a while, but recently decided to get back in to it, get in to shape, and try to sustain a more positive outlook on life, particularly in regards to an improved diet, less alcohol, and even trying meditation. I think I can also offer this thread some much needed advice.

So, the main thing I noticed was that after 2-3 weeks of regular gym workouts, was that my yellow Primark lycra cycling shorts were beginning to perish around the crotch area simply from the high levels of perspiration I was enduring (I sweat eating ice cream, sitting in the sun, and when I drop my kids off at school). I tried to return them and, get this, Primark WOULDN'T take them back!? Total joke, lads, so just take note.

I've also had to accept that a lot of gym goers are pretty uppity and there is a prevailing sense that a lot of them don't like 'my kind' in the gym. It's almost a form of snobbery, but usually I just try to ignore it and carry on with Zumba, even with the sniggering going on behind me.

WATP

 

Try talcum powder