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I am working on a standing desk and am playing soccer 3 times a week, but still had back pain. Then I started doing light weight deadlifts , 3 times a week with
by usaphp 8y ago
I am working on a standing desk and am playing soccer 3 times a week, but still had back pain. Then I started doing light weight deadlifts , 3 times a week with back extension on a back extension bench and miraculously my back pain started to fade away within the next 2-3 weeks. I beleive it’s just our weekend lower back muscles that get weekend with age and lesser activity, and they can’t hold the spine anymore correctly.
- vibrato 8y agoMore so weak glutes and tight hip flexors usually. Those exercises hit the glutes super hard if you do them while maintaining a neutral spine. However it wasn’t enough for me, my glute medius was weak and so I needed to add in yoga moves and side planks. Ddpy is the best for back pain!
- usaphp 8y agoHow is yoga going to strengthen the muscles? I thought it’s for relaxation, no? Unless you are talking about some non traditional yoga. Also I do play soccer 3 times a week for my whole life and am a pretty fast runner so I don’t think my gluteus or hip flexors are weak.
- jbverschoor 8y agolol.. until you actually try. Just like the foam rollers. Everything seems so relaxing... :X
- Tomte 8y agoI've started doing Iyengar Yoga a few weeks ago (but the specific school doesn't seem to matter in that regard), and believe me, it's the hardest workout I've ever done (to my shame). I'm certain I'm building muscles there. The focus seems to be stretching of hardly-ever-stretched muscles, but there are all kinds of postures that are basically body-weight exercises.
- mtalantikite 8y agoYoga asana incorporates a lot of body weight exercise, so yes you’ll gain a lot of strength in a practice like Ashtanga or Iyengar. A lot of asanas that don’t look complicated require very subtle muscle development, but you certainly can’t do Astavakrasana or press up into Pincha Mayurasana without tons of strength. For lower back I’ve found practicing Salabhasana, Dhanurasana, or Urdva Dhanurasana have helped.
- matwood 8y agoHave you done yoga? Moving into and staying in positions can be quite challenging.
- vibrato 8y agoAs I mentioned, my go to is ddpy which is “not your mamas yoga!” It incorporates a lot of calisthenics moves and gets the heart rate up for a great workout which builds strength.
- abledon 8y agoHow would you feel participating in a message board site for yogis who are on HN? I think the mix of intensity + curiosity & openness to the unknown would foster great conversation threads
- mandeepj 8y ago> weekend I think you meant to write - ‘weakened’
- tylerjwilk00 8y agoAgreed. Our modern work life is so far removed from what natural selection has prepared us for that it's no wonder we have chronic pain. We're like a bear riding a unicycle 40+ hours a week and then atrophying our selves most of our non working free time. Weight lifting always seems to bring things back to reasonable baseline.
- chrisweekly 8y ago"weekend" (Saturday and Sunday) -> "weakened" (less-strong) Not nit-picking spelling, rather trying to help aboid confusion for any non-native English speakers here.
- namanyayg 8y ago"aboid" -> "avoid" Not nit-picking... ;)
- chrisweekly 8y agohaha, ok ok of course there is a distinction between a mistake (e.g. my fat-fingered typo) and an error (e.g. parent's substitution of the wrong word)