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Location: Maplewood, MN | I'm sure it has been said (I haven't read through all of this), but a lot of back problems come from having a weak core. Abdominal and oblique exercises like standing leg lifts, planks, and weighted cable crunches should help along with lower back exercises like back extensions and RDL's. Stretch, stretch and stretch some more. Whenever possible. As ofter as you can. Also, water is your best friend. Hydration is key to avoiding muscle cramps and your body performs much better overall when hydrated. Hope this helps. |
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| Follow up: Since posting this, I added some of the suggested strengthening techniques to my routine workouts. Last musky season? No back pain! Thanks everyone! It worked and worked well!
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | The gym is a very good way to help your body "tune" up. Also if you haven't as yet, I would suggest Martial Arts as a good way to learn to handle your body problems to a great extent. You can keep the body moving smooth. I started taking the "arts" way back in "75" and have never been sorry and I believe that is what has helped me heal up so good so far. I blew out the L-5 disc in "84" and damage the sciatic nerve and had to have surgery.
I have nerve damage and still have minor problems but live with it. That took me the longest time to heal. Four years ago I had two discs removed from my neck and a piece of bone and a plate put in and was back to work in 4 weeks.
Two years ago I had a 5 bypass surgery and was out in three days and walking 4 miles a day in two and a half weeks and back to work the third week. I have arthritis and degenerative disc disease but I just don't let anything stop me. Among staying busy as hell, and the gym and the martial work outs I do very well and I am 70 years old now.
And, I can still climb "the wall"
But I am sure there is a lot of methods that work for different people. The strongest pain killer I ever take is Ibuprofen and I don't take that very often.
Edited by Stan Durst 1 1/29/2013 6:52 AM
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| Pilates and chiropractic are really helpfully. A strong core is vital.
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| As a back pain sufferer (advanced degenerative disc and facet desease, spinal stenosis and spondylothesis) I've been through a few excercise regimens in my day. Slamr is right about strengthening your core, but I've found one thing that is of major importance when you fish. Make sure that you do the stretches that you learn in PT before you go fishing, and do them again in the boat when your pain flares up. The pain got so bad for me that I finally got a pump implanted. The pump is the size of a hockey puck and sits below my rib cage on the right side, I picked that side because my rod handle is held on my left, then they run a catheter from the pump to my spinal column and I get a minute flow throughout the day. In fact, I'm going for a refill today. My pain has made it back into the 8 range, so they are going to increase the dose today. I get a cocktail of pain medicine and a numbing agent. Because it's delivered right at the pain site, I get a fraction of what I would take orally for pain relief. But I still do stretches every day to keep my back limber. Don't forget to stretch you hamstrings and calfs too, it also helps your balance in the boat. |
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