With rest and chilling on the lifting it improves to being fine day to day. So feels good enough right now.
I said I’d be happy just lifting upper body forever more but that’s only if I give a proper go of getting back to heavy lifting again and it doesn’t work out or I just can’t or something.
Being passive about it gets me about here but doesn’t seem to improve further so with guidance from Stuart McGills materials and some effort we’ll see where it goes
Still unsure as to exact diagnosis. Might not fit neatly into any one diagnosis or contributing structure.
Technically I’m following along with the pro of pros in Dr Stuart McGill. That being said if assessments are inconclusive or results are meh I can go to a health professional with more info for them to work with.
There’s only so much money and federal medical subsidy to go around so I hesitate to commit to a professional right now. Can’t say I’m super confident in professionals outside of back pain specialists (there was a discussion on this earlier in the log somewhere)
If I can do the initial assessments and ask the questions myself it’ll only save time if I need further professional help.
It has been a while. Passively I don’t think it gets any better. Hopefully being more proactive though not to the point of overdoing it will get results
Can you pin point a specific injury or incident or did it just get gradually worse over time ?
After a funky deadlift day
so it just got real tight after, or you felt a pop or tear during a lift ? I’m not a medical professional so am only asking out of curiosity really. It just seems odd to me that it would still be an issue after this long. Do you still have chronic pain and have you actually tried lifting on it since ?
Probably because of this
But he a gym bro now so RIP legs, RIP RealLiftingPig 
A lot of shit gets better through simple rest and gradual return to activity. Trust me I’m a guineapigphysicaltherapistdoctor
Initially was super tight. No single traumatic event but was probably during the session. Pain was high and got irritated easy and took a while to fade at first. With time it chilled out but I tried lifting a little heavy again and then it flared up again. Glutes inhibited and back painful. Took more time off to let it settle as much as possible and here I am ready to approach it a bit more carefully
Lol but seriously though, hope the back’s improving even if slowly but surely
Solid push session today before classes with the lot: pecs, delts and triceps. Finished with the McGill Big 3.
Glute inhibition and imbalanced activity/coordination and strength is an issue I’ve identified. Read a couple of articles and am armed with plenty of tools to get a phat ass with emphasis on the left gloot
So would you describe it as just being extremely tight in the lower back area? Without any specific trauma?
No major trauma at the time of but pretty quickly became painful. Is pain now with certain movements and loading
Like a sharp pain or a stiffness/ache? Sorry you have probably been asked this like a hundred times
I was asking too. To me if there was no trauma it seems add that @guineapig would still be getting pain after this much time. Maybe it’s time for a start some very light loading and see how you go type of approach.
Sharp. Somethings fucked there when I do the wrong things
As part of the approach McGill takes moving with healthy movement patterns that challenge your back without causing pain is good so I’ve only recently started squatting and deadlifting with the bar again
If you read what I wrote for Chris, do you want me to email you what I sent him as well?
Not a guaranteed fix but hey, I’m not charging lol
Gotcha.
If I’m gonna do this properly I’m take all the info I can get. Link us or tell us how to google to get there please thanks
What’s your email?