Hey Eric,

So I’m one of the unlucky folks with spondylolisthesis (L4/L5). Dates back to an injury I received due to the stupidity of Dr. David Winter (a long story).

What am I, and others like me, to do in order to strengthen and control the damage in my back? My back is not always in pain - I’m currently in the throws of a bad flair up, but most of the time my back feels weak, but I am able to exercise.

Just curious as I assume that many who practice MMA will suffer from some kind of recurring, yet controllable injury like this.

Cheers!!! Great to see how well you’re doing!

Hi Eric,

I’m unable to view the video you posted about ‘Damage Control’. It is giving me an ‘Error on page’ message. I had this with several of your posted video’s in the past as well. Can these be viewed in a different format?

Thanks,
Brian

Hey Eric
Really interested in this one, my girlfriend has a herniated disc and suffers from pain quite a bit. We both do kickboxing but she has had to slow down a lot since the injury. Sounded like you said this would be a good exercise for an injury like this, and I just wanted to confirm that. ?
Thanks a lot

Hey Eric, I’ve never had any back injuries, so i was wondering if it would still be beneficial for me to use this in my mma training. My back does get stiff in the mornings sometimes, but thats usually from the practices from the previous days. Would it be ok for me to use this routine? or could it be harmful since im kinda trying to fix something that isn’t actually broken

Hi Eric,

I tried everything to open it, but to no avail. Even the things the guys mentioned here before didn’t work for me!

Greetings
MIRKO

Great stuff- I do a lot of these as part of my yoga routine and it has really helped my back. Keep up the good work and thanks again!
-Jeff

Thanks guys for the tip on viewing the video (for those who get an ‘error on page’ message). In the ‘Tools’ tab in your Internet Explorer click on ‘Compatibility View Settings’ and add the site. That should work.

Good I got the video working today. Just this morning as I was dropping off my kids at school I bent over to give them a hug and my lower back just ‘went out’. Oh how I hate when that happens.

Unfortunately I couldn’t. It wasn’t bad in the morning, but as the day progressed it got worse. The nature of my work so has it that sometimes I’m on the road all day, and there is nowhere to stretch. I wish I did, though. By the time I made it home I had a hard time getting out of the car and walking all twisted. I did the exercises in the evening several times, and ones in the morning. There are a couple of additional exercises I also do that seem to loosen up the lower back muscles a bit and opening the hip, such as single knee raises (laying flat on the back and gently pulling the knee towards the chest) and front bends sitting on the floor (one leg is straight and the other is bent touching the thigh, kind of like a half lotus, and then slowly reaching for the toes of the straight leg).

Do you have anything to loosen up the back once it’s stiff?

Thanks. I really appreciate your comments.

Brian

Hi Eric, just recently I got a low back problem, which occurs when I throw a strike from the right handside the pain is also on my right side, the strange thing is that it doesnt really hurt during wrestling only hitting pads or sparring, I have been following your routine, what are your thoughts on the injury?

much appreciated

Rocci

Hi Eric,

I’m really interested in checking out this routine but am having trouble. I’m using firefox with adobe flash installed but when I click on the video the screen slightly dims but the video won’t play. Would you consider uploading this video to youtube?

Thanks,
Dan

Hey, I have had lower back pain on and off for about a year now and most recently pulled it really bad. My body actually went wonky; I thought it was due to muscle spasm. Anyway I went doctors and they told me to rest, take anti flamentry tablets and get an X-Ray. I did this and a couple of weeks later the pain was gone. Then I did a couple of light tecnique sessions and the pain is still there slightly. The X-ray showed a slight curve in my spine but that must of been there sinse I was born and don’t explain my muscle pain. I just had an MRI scan and have to wait another week before I get results. Do you think I should keep waiting, all whilst I’m getting weaker and weaker from nearly a month of no training or should I use this routine and see how I go?

Cheers.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! AND THANK YOU AGAIN! I’ve used this exercise on a few occasions but thankfully haven’t needed it as of late. I was recently lifting to start training for an mma smoker fight on an already sore, from work, back. as I lifted the bar off the rack to squat if felt like I could barely stand. I ended up barely being able to walk with no training or lifting for the past two weeks and today I am starting to do some simple drills at my house to make sure theres no pain. Before I did that I performed this routine and the slight discomfort that was there completely went away. Thanks for the routine Eric!

HI ERIC, I CANT’T SEE THE DAMAGE CONTROL FOR LBP VIDEO MY SCREEN JUST DEEMS COULD YOU UPLOAD THI VIDEO IN YOU TUBE.
TKS

SORRY I COUDNT SEE THE DAMAGE CONTROL FOR LBP VIDEO
MY SCREEN JUST DEEMS