DOMS

Wow!

I did yoga for the first time today. I purchased Yoga 101 Workout - Props to Poses. For my first time around, I only did 20 minutes.

During that time I did the hamstrings and back. Man, that felt great! I'm going to try to get in a session of 20 minutes or so 4 or 5 times a week.

This is certainly worth doing.

fufu

Yoga owns!

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ReproMan

You couldn't find a DVD with a hot instructor? What gives?

DOMS

So I've learned.

DOMS

Bitch, bitch, bitch...

Double D

I have done pilates, but never yoga. Are they similiar?

www.crossfit.com

Bakerboy

Date a dancer or a yoga instructor and you will get owned all the time.

No strength within, no respect without - Kasmiri Proverb

Triple Threat

I used to date someone into gymnastics, so yeah, I believe you.

DOMS

I've never ever read about pilates.

DOMS

That would be great.

This would be better.

DOMS

I may take off for more than a week.

I shoveled some snow last night and my lumbar started registering pain almost immediately. It felt like a really, really bad pump. The pain was intense.

My back is nowhere near healed yet.

On a related note, I've been hungry 24/7.

fufu

Rest on an inclined chair and ice!

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DOMS

I feel okay now. It was last night as I was shoving that it felt so bad. Other than yoga, I'm not going to do any sort of exercising.

fufu

Good, those backs can be tricky.

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Bakerboy

Sounds painful.

No strength within, no respect without - Kasmiri Proverb

Triple Threat

When did this (the back problem) start? You've been squatting lately. Any trouble with squats?

DOMS

I have no problems with Squats or Deads.

I hope I'm not giving the wrong impression here. I don't have any acute pain like a pinched nerve or anything. It's just that my spinal erectors feel fatigued and my lower back . I noticed this building up from week 5.

I also get a feeling similar to a severe pump in my lumber area if I do more than moderate exercise.

All in all, I think I just need time to let the micro trauma heal completely.

IainDaniel

Been to a chiropractor?

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

DOMS

I didn't see the need. It's just sore muscles. But I might go just for the good feeling that I get.

Just FYI, but I sleep just fine and have no loss of mobility. As a matter of fact, I'm making strides in my stretching and yoga.

IainDaniel

Are you sure it is just muscles. Any nerve inpingments can have a wide arrange of feelings. I dunno, the back is something I am very precautious with, having had a bad back since I was 15.

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

DOMS

Sorry to hear that. Is it chronic?

I'm pretty sure it's just that my muscles need a break. Consider that I've done heavy Squats three times a week (at 15 sets per week) for a calendar time of 7 weeks. I'm not surprised that my back needs so much time to recoup.

DOMS

It felt like I had done Squats for 5 sets of 20 reps at 60% max. It was crazy.

DOMS

Well, so much for the minor back pain.

I was lying on the living room floor, just before I was going to get up, I stretched out and twisted my body.

All seemed well until I tried to get up. I could barely move. I felt an excrusiating pain in my lumbar area. Even with a high pain tollerance, it took a Herculean effort to get up. No joke, it took everything that I had to push the pain aside and get up.

I went into the shower and did a hot and cold treatement on my back. Which seemed to help a bit. Then I took some ibuprofen and put Biofeeze on my lumbar. For those that don't know, Biofreeze if a very good (and strong) topical pain killer.

After a little inspection, the problem seems to be localized to either side of my spine, just about the glutes.

Oh well, I'll have to wait and see how I feel in the morning.



KW: back pain, lumbar
01/07/2007

fufu

No radiating pain down the leg?

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fufu

Sometimes I get really intense back pain, but it is definantly muscular because when I foam roll it the pain goes away 100%. Have you tried foam rolling?