Hey, How's it going? Welcome to this week's Fitness Tip. And this week I'd like to ask you if you've got any questions you might want to ask me on health and fitness. Anything to do with, you know, it could be anything. Nutrition, strength training, increasing your fitness levels, back pain, shoulder pain. Maybe you're experiencing some of that, whatever it is. If you've got any questions, I'd be happy to answer them
Hi Mark. I would actually love some tips regarding back pain from you. For the past three weeks, I've been in near constant pain, lower back. I think I slipped or kind of misaligned it somehow. I have been seeing chiropractor once a week and that's been really helping. Every time I come back from the chiropractor, I just feel much better, but over time it deteriorates a bit. Overall, it's getting better slowly
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:24
So we correct it and then strengthen it and then set a good foundation to then build on that, strengthen the core and get you moving so you don't go backwards. And I've seen it with many clients here. Once we do that, it works and they never have any back pain anymore. If the back pain is not clinical, like something wrong. Apart from that, because you're not here in London. What I would suggest is looking up Stuart McGill
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 0:15
Hi, Arish. Here is a link to Stuart McGill video, which is worth listening to or worth watching. This is podcast actually, and you'll hear the information on his book in this podcast
And after that, the first time back really went into this particular pain and that kind of got better after a few weeks. But three weeks ago, I think it elapsed again. So I'll see. I mean, I think it's about working with somebody who can really look into the mechanics of my back and go into that. I think it's probably a good idea. My plan would be to kind of right now get it better through the chiropractor and just rest
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 1:53
It's always good to maybe stand on the bike. Stand up so you're powering through powering up those Hills, especially at the hardest point of the Hill. Anyhow sounds to me like a hip flexor problem. But before you go and stretch the hip flexor, make sure your back is healed and everything first, why not stay seated for too long? Well, especially now when the problem is cleared up
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:01
My experience with PT has been I go to PT for certain things, physical therapy, and then I don't do it right at home, or I'm afraid of doing it wrong at home. So I don't do it right at home. There's a big gap between my experience with a trainer and a physical therapist and what I do on my own in my house. I think I'd love to hear from you
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:52
What if your back is a certain angle? The more questions you ask, the better. If the PT hasn't got the time or the trainer doesn't take the time to explain, you need to ask over and over again until you understand, and then you should be able to go away with it and do it on your own. You know
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:33
So whether I'm teaching people to box and I'm showing them something, they need to know everything that I know about why I'm showing them that I don't want to hold anything back for two reasons. One, I want them to learn properly. And Secondly, if they go anywhere and they say that I've taught them that they need to know why I taught them that, and they need to execute it properly because they're taking my name with them
Mark R Fitness
@Markrfitness · 4:51
It we say, then rehab it right so that it doesn't go backwards. And then we can then strengthen from the ground up from the core. So we stabilize. And then we get going to proper movement. And that's where the training and the rehab and the training and all that comes in. A lot of times, people can manage their symptoms or don't ever get it anymore
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:51
That place, not get rid of it, but get rid of the response that it's having, which is the spasming and then building a body that can help support its healing and sustain a whole system that is not going to go out and blow up like it did so painfully. I'm going to keep you posted on all of this. And I'm also going to check out that book that Arish order. That guy should give you royalties. But also, I know you have incredible resources
Hi Mark. I just wanted to thank you for your reply above the advice you gave me. I think that was spot on. That's exactly what I have been doing even the first time, and I had this problem that helped basically don't sit either stand straight or just lie flat. And even when I'm lying flat and sleeping, I'm sleeping on a hard surface. Hard bed, not the soft mattress. I think that really the soft mattresses