Thank you for this. My neck and upper back is messed up pretty bad. Did you ever get light headed super tired and foggy brained when your neck pain was amping up? I have that happen sometimes and it stresses me out that it’s something else, but when my neck feels ok I don’t have those issues so curious if someone else with neck and upper back problems had similar experiences.Anything neck or back related is Chiropractor.
I have a screwed up neck. Every four or five years I would get to where I couldn't move my head. I would go to a chiropractor, get it fixed and stopped going. Now I am in my 50s and I finally had enough. I go every 8 weeks for maintenance adjustments, and my neck stays good.
Agree. Even the first statements with the caveat that you need to choose the right chiropractor. I go to ones that have sports medicine background and are athletes. Just getting a weekly adjustment is not the cure.I don't believe in chiropractors as a long term solution. YMMV, I put it in the same bucket as incense and shaking rattles. If you're going to pay someone, go to a sports medicine place.
Stretching to keep the lower back from getting tight, deadlifts to keep the strength up. Even after years in a patrol car and wearing a duty belt, no issues. Slipped disks in c-spine, and that sucks and continues to be a minor issue thanks to dead nerves, but stretching/exercise is the long term solution unless there's an actual mechanical issue that needs surgery or nerve pain. Not much you can do about the last sometimes, sadly.
I did this when I had my garage gym. Rippetoe is a pioneer of strength training and the two guys who put that book together rolled it out to the aging folks.
absolutely. learn how to do the lifts right. Rip’s videos are extremely good too. I had the good fortune to meet the man on our last trip to TX. We stopped in Wichita Falls and got a 3+ hour family training session with Rusty at the original SS gym. Rip came out of his office as we left and was *exactly* the way he is on his podcast, grouchy but funny old TX guy, e.g., he strongly suggested my wife consider divorcing me after she told him I played his podcast for them on the way there.I did this when I had my garage gym. Rippetoe is a pioneer of strength training and the two guys who put that book together rolled it out to the aging folks.
Only thing I would advise with this route, is do this with a personal trainer or at least get some eyes on training to make sure your form is absolutely correct. I have been lifting weights since the late 70's and my in-laws were surprised when I told them I am now using a personal trainer. I said that I have learned more in the last few years than in all the other years combined about proper body mechanics. It is all very subtle.
I returned to playing golf last year after 15 years off (long, uninteresting story). On most days, I could get in 9 or 10 holes before lower back pain shut me down.I don't believe in chiropractors as a long term solution. YMMV, I put it in the same bucket as incense and shaking rattles. If you're going to pay someone, go to a sports medicine place.
Stretching to keep the lower back from getting tight, deadlifts to keep the strength up. Even after years in a patrol car and wearing a duty belt, no issues. Slipped disks in c-spine, and that sucks and continues to be a minor issue thanks to dead nerves, but stretching/exercise is the long term solution unless there's an actual mechanical issue that needs surgery or nerve pain. Not much you can do about the last sometimes, sadly.
+1 on the personal trainer. I'm seeing a guy certified by the Titleist Performance Institute, and some of the routines he has me doing are pretty inventive. I'm sure that working with a 65 year-old fat guy is quite a challenge for him!I did this when I had my garage gym. Rippetoe is a pioneer of strength training and the two guys who put that book together rolled it out to the aging folks.
Only thing I would advise with this route, is do this with a personal trainer or at least get some eyes on training to make sure your form is absolutely correct. I have been lifting weights since the late 70's and my in-laws were surprised when I told them I am now using a personal trainer. I said that I have learned more in the last few years than in all the other years combined about proper body mechanics. It is all very subtle.
Lacrosse balls are magical! They have really helped me over the years. Tight shoulders, tight hamstrings, tight quads, tight glutes those work well on most everything that gets tight!Now, I just use a lacrosse ball and a wall to massage the lower back once a week or so.
This is a good start. Try turmeric pills in place of ibuprofen, it is a good anti inflammatory without organ stress or damage.For me it's core strength excersizes and stretches. When a nerve attacks, ibuprofen and ice, extra hamstring stretches, and a tens unit if it's really annoying.
No. Mine was like when you sleep wrong and you can't move your head for bit, except it never went away.Thank you for this. My neck and upper back is messed up pretty bad. Did you ever get light headed super tired and foggy brained when your neck pain was amping up? I have that happen sometimes and it stresses me out that it’s something else, but when my neck feels ok I don’t have those issues so curious if someone else with neck and upper back problems had similar experiences.