Comments on: Low Back Pain Part 1 – Damage Control http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/ Your MMA Performance Coach Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/comment-page-2/#comment-1493 Eric Mon, 31 May 2010 13:56:14 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1245#comment-1493 Sounds like you need to increase mobility in the hips so you bend more from the hips and can keep the lumbar spine stable. Stretching and mobility exercises for the hip flexors, inner thighs and hamstrings. Sounds like you need to increase mobility in the hips so you bend more from the hips and can keep the lumbar spine stable.

Stretching and mobility exercises for the hip flexors, inner thighs and hamstrings.

]]> By: sean http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/comment-page-2/#comment-1488 sean Sat, 29 May 2010 17:00:40 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1245#comment-1488 hi eric, i was working in a factory when i went to pull a large freezer door open i pulled my back and couldent move for the rest of the day. i have been to physio recently as i have been having on and of pains for over a year and a half after the incident i have had xrays done and they said it was clear, i still am getting pains and physio is useless as they do very little when i am there. the pain is only in my lumbar region and my physio said i bend from the top of my lumbar region instaed on the bottom of my back. can you suggest anything that would help i have done the damage controle routine and it does help but i want to completely get rid of the pain as i want to get really fit. i do cycling every two days 14 miles and some strenght training but very light for now as i want to sort my back out first. hi eric,
i was working in a factory when i went to pull a large freezer door open i pulled my back and couldent move for the rest of the day.
i have been to physio recently as i have been having on and of pains for over a year and a half after the incident i have had xrays done and they said it was clear, i still am getting pains and physio is useless as they do very little when i am there. the pain is only in my lumbar region and my physio said i bend from the top of my lumbar region instaed on the bottom of my back. can you suggest anything that would help i have done the damage controle routine and it does help but i want to completely get rid of the pain as i want to get really fit. i do cycling every two days 14 miles and some strenght training but very light for now as i want to sort my back out first.

]]> By: Jean Ellis http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/comment-page-2/#comment-1340 Jean Ellis Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:33:28 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1245#comment-1340 Hi Eric I am subscribed to Craig Ballentines site and he mentioned that he jumped from a ledge onto the concrete floor below felt pain in his lower back and you said that he had sprained his Sacro Illiac Joint. I can sympathise with him for I had kicked into a rail once and could hardly walk afterwards and the Doctor said I had sprained my Sacro Illiac Joint. But only this week as I was bending down to change a bin liner in the kitchen yes I had that frightening twinge so I iced it and laid flat on my back for intervals at a time and then rolled myself up from the floor I coulden't bare to sit but I pushed myself to still carry on doing my early morning hour walk for I had to keep moving or I would hunch up otherwise it was so painful but I put off the Rowing machine until I am at least 80% I am getting there but it has taken 6 days so far. I can now get on my hands and knees and stretch I don't know if it is the right thing to do Eric but it feels good to stretch in this way. Could you advise me please. Best wishes Jean Ellis from The UK Hi Eric I am subscribed to Craig Ballentines site and he mentioned
that he jumped from a ledge onto the concrete floor below felt pain in his lower back and you said that he had sprained his Sacro Illiac Joint. I can sympathise with him for I had kicked into a rail once and could hardly walk afterwards and the Doctor said I had sprained my Sacro Illiac Joint.
But only this week as I was bending down to change a bin liner in the kitchen yes I had that frightening twinge so I iced it and laid flat on my back for intervals at a time and then rolled myself up from the floor I coulden’t bare to sit but I pushed myself to still carry on doing my early morning hour walk for I had to keep moving or I would hunch up otherwise it was so painful but I put off the Rowing machine until I am at least 80% I am getting there but it has taken 6 days so far. I can now get on my hands and knees and stretch I don’t know if it is the right thing to do Eric but it feels good to stretch in this way. Could you advise me please.
Best wishes Jean Ellis from The UK

]]> By: jason http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/comment-page-2/#comment-1070 jason Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1245#comment-1070 Hiya, I was sitting on the sofa and my lower back went into a terrible spasm. The pain was terrifying. I was stuck in a bent position and if I engaged my lower back muscle the painful spasm struck. For 5 days I was bent over like an old man and in shocking pain when I tried to move. Then it just started to get better on its own. It's frightening because I don't know what I did to bring it on and I don't know if and when it will come back. I'd do anything to prevent it happening again. Jason Grant Hiya,
I was sitting on the sofa and my lower back went into a terrible spasm. The pain was terrifying. I was stuck in a bent position and if I engaged my lower back muscle the painful spasm struck. For 5 days I was bent over like an old man and in shocking pain when I tried to move. Then it just started to get better on its own. It’s frightening because I don’t know what I did to bring it on and I don’t know if and when it will come back. I’d do anything to prevent it happening again.

Jason Grant

]]> By: dean12389 http://ericwongmma.com/2009/10/low-back-pain-part-1-damage-control/comment-page-2/#comment-987 dean12389 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:59:12 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1245#comment-987 I'm 26yo and had just had a bilateral sacroliac joint fixation (two screws in each side of my hip). It started a year and a half ago and I continued training on it until I could hardly move. I haven't trained MMA in almost a year and just had the surgery. I am almost pain free and the surgery was only two weeks ago. I hope this pain stays away, but I think stabilization is key. I want to start training again soon (against advice of docs of course) and hope I can do it pain free. -Dean Friedland I’m 26yo and had just had a bilateral sacroliac joint fixation (two screws in each side of my hip). It started a year and a half ago and I continued training on it until I could hardly move. I haven’t trained MMA in almost a year and just had the surgery. I am almost pain free and the surgery was only two weeks ago. I hope this pain stays away, but I think stabilization is key. I want to start training again soon (against advice of docs of course) and hope I can do it pain free.

-Dean Friedland

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