Ow, my back.
I'm starting to believe that a lot of pain is a result of weakness. I'll give you a couple of examples that I've seen in myself.
I used to have lower back pain. There were about 4 or 5 instances a year where my lower back would just give out. I wouldn't be able to move for a few moments and then there would be a lingering pain for several weeks.
A couple of years ago, I started doing CrossFit which involved a lot of deadlifting and squats. Both were exercises I've never really done because I had been lead to believe they put undue strain on the knees and back. I did them anyway because I was interested in the program and the results I saw in people.
After several months, of deadlifts, squats, power cleans and so on, I noticed that I hadn't had any problems with my back in a while.
Another example, earlier in this year I'd hurt my shoulder. I babied it for a while and it didn't seem to get better. I'd gain some mobility and then sleep on it wrong and wake up in pain. I even modified my sleeping habits so that I spent the entire night off of my left side in hopes that it would help. Nothing.
I don't remember why, but it occurred to me that I hadn't done overhead squats in quite a while and decided to give them a try. Every day for a month I would do two sets of five with 45lb bar. Now, I'm at about 90% to normal.
That's when it dawned on me that on two occasions now I've been able to treat pain by strengthening the areas that were giving me problems. This is just one of those things where you discover something that a lot of people already knew and then feel smart until people say, "Yeah, I know. What, are you just figuring this out?"
I used to have lower back pain. There were about 4 or 5 instances a year where my lower back would just give out. I wouldn't be able to move for a few moments and then there would be a lingering pain for several weeks.
A couple of years ago, I started doing CrossFit which involved a lot of deadlifting and squats. Both were exercises I've never really done because I had been lead to believe they put undue strain on the knees and back. I did them anyway because I was interested in the program and the results I saw in people.
After several months, of deadlifts, squats, power cleans and so on, I noticed that I hadn't had any problems with my back in a while.
Another example, earlier in this year I'd hurt my shoulder. I babied it for a while and it didn't seem to get better. I'd gain some mobility and then sleep on it wrong and wake up in pain. I even modified my sleeping habits so that I spent the entire night off of my left side in hopes that it would help. Nothing.
I don't remember why, but it occurred to me that I hadn't done overhead squats in quite a while and decided to give them a try. Every day for a month I would do two sets of five with 45lb bar. Now, I'm at about 90% to normal.
That's when it dawned on me that on two occasions now I've been able to treat pain by strengthening the areas that were giving me problems. This is just one of those things where you discover something that a lot of people already knew and then feel smart until people say, "Yeah, I know. What, are you just figuring this out?"
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