So when you are a hardcore bodybuilder, and training becomes part of your daily life, only injury is likely to stop you. Here is a list of common bodybuilding injuries that will stop you from training, and that will mean a trip to your local Osteopath.
The Lower Back
You can imagine what it's like at our gym can't you? There I am training and one of the lads wants an instant diagnosis on a long standing lower back problem. Now listen boys (of Pinks Gym), the lower back is a complex piece of kit, and things don't just slip out as you imagine. Diagnosing a lumbar problem takes time and experience, what's more, the problem can be related to a foot, knee, hip or any distant body part and that's just talking postural problems.
There is a plethora of orthopaedic (or bloody serious) lumbar problems, such as spondylolisthesis, disc prolapse, etc. etc. (see your mum's medical dictionary), I'm not going to bore you with the medical details!) One thing for sure, if a back problem persists past a small ache, for a couple of days after hitting the iron, get to your Osteopath.
You see one thing that really pisses us off; is when people who know their body, such as bodybuilders, leave the pain for months on end then come to us and expect us to fix the bugger in five minutes! In short the quicker you catch the problem, the quicker we can fix it and the less wonga it will cost you -easy eh? Now let's have a look at a few individual problems that can hit your old lumbar spine.
JOINT LOCKING
This is the one your doctor calls "lumbago", a total fictional condition to get you out of his office with a script for pain killers. This usually occurs as an ongoing problem that happens every now and again. It's bloody painful, but the problem is where inflammation occurs on the surrounding tissue, and doesn't actually involve a disc as such. Yes it's painful but we can usually relieve it quite quickly.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
This is basically wear and tear on the joints, and is not associated with the crippling multi-jointed Rheumatoid Arthritis, (so you'll get no free Deca with this one!) You will probably have had an x-ray at the local hospital and osteoarthritis will show up, it's not tragic we all get it to a certain degree in our poor old joints, but the important thing here is stretching and movement. Keep the thing moving or it will seize up. And don't forget that the more muscle you have in your back, the more support your spine has, so don't neglect those back exercises.
DISC PROLAPSE
Or what your Granny calls slipped disc! Now this is luckily, a fairly rare one, but can be a very painful one. The discs are like cushions in-between each spinal vertebrae. In that cushion is a sack of jelly. Now I won't go into the whys and wherefores, but basically that jelly gets squeezed out of the disc and wakes your nerves up, like ice down your posing briefs. I'm not going to say don't train when you have a disc prolapse - even it you are Ronnie Coleman, you won't be able to bloody train!
PELVIS OR SACRO-ILIAIC
This is the most common back problem, and can be very painful. It involves the misplacing of the pelvis or sacrum. This also has all the nice effects of nerve pain, and often crippling effects. From an Osteopathic point of view this misplacing of the pelvis will go on to affect the rest of the spine, simply by twisting it to compensate for the pelvic problem.
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
Will Mick spell this one correctly? Ha ha! This is quite common amongst power-lifters, so also springs up with the body builders, basically, it's a little fracture of the part that holds your vertebrae where it should be - it then slips out. Osteopathy can usually keep it under control, unless it gets past a certain point. Well, these are a few of the things that can affect the old lumbars, and I'm sure you'll see why swift action is necessary in order to keep you training.
lf you have a Lumbar problem, don't work through it, if it affects you, (pain wise), get some advice from your local Osteopath. Oh, and yes I do like to see people wear weight lifting belts - put on correctly they do support the back. If you really must train through back pain, stick with machines where you'll get more support for the back, and less general strain on it. Common sense though eh?
Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/bodybuilding-articles/bodybuilding-training-injury-checklist-seek-your-local-osteopath-4725833.html#ixzz1Nvpr0BCL
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The Lower Back
You can imagine what it's like at our gym can't you? There I am training and one of the lads wants an instant diagnosis on a long standing lower back problem. Now listen boys (of Pinks Gym), the lower back is a complex piece of kit, and things don't just slip out as you imagine. Diagnosing a lumbar problem takes time and experience, what's more, the problem can be related to a foot, knee, hip or any distant body part and that's just talking postural problems.
There is a plethora of orthopaedic (or bloody serious) lumbar problems, such as spondylolisthesis, disc prolapse, etc. etc. (see your mum's medical dictionary), I'm not going to bore you with the medical details!) One thing for sure, if a back problem persists past a small ache, for a couple of days after hitting the iron, get to your Osteopath.
You see one thing that really pisses us off; is when people who know their body, such as bodybuilders, leave the pain for months on end then come to us and expect us to fix the bugger in five minutes! In short the quicker you catch the problem, the quicker we can fix it and the less wonga it will cost you -easy eh? Now let's have a look at a few individual problems that can hit your old lumbar spine.
JOINT LOCKING
This is the one your doctor calls "lumbago", a total fictional condition to get you out of his office with a script for pain killers. This usually occurs as an ongoing problem that happens every now and again. It's bloody painful, but the problem is where inflammation occurs on the surrounding tissue, and doesn't actually involve a disc as such. Yes it's painful but we can usually relieve it quite quickly.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
This is basically wear and tear on the joints, and is not associated with the crippling multi-jointed Rheumatoid Arthritis, (so you'll get no free Deca with this one!) You will probably have had an x-ray at the local hospital and osteoarthritis will show up, it's not tragic we all get it to a certain degree in our poor old joints, but the important thing here is stretching and movement. Keep the thing moving or it will seize up. And don't forget that the more muscle you have in your back, the more support your spine has, so don't neglect those back exercises.
DISC PROLAPSE
Or what your Granny calls slipped disc! Now this is luckily, a fairly rare one, but can be a very painful one. The discs are like cushions in-between each spinal vertebrae. In that cushion is a sack of jelly. Now I won't go into the whys and wherefores, but basically that jelly gets squeezed out of the disc and wakes your nerves up, like ice down your posing briefs. I'm not going to say don't train when you have a disc prolapse - even it you are Ronnie Coleman, you won't be able to bloody train!
PELVIS OR SACRO-ILIAIC
This is the most common back problem, and can be very painful. It involves the misplacing of the pelvis or sacrum. This also has all the nice effects of nerve pain, and often crippling effects. From an Osteopathic point of view this misplacing of the pelvis will go on to affect the rest of the spine, simply by twisting it to compensate for the pelvic problem.
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
Will Mick spell this one correctly? Ha ha! This is quite common amongst power-lifters, so also springs up with the body builders, basically, it's a little fracture of the part that holds your vertebrae where it should be - it then slips out. Osteopathy can usually keep it under control, unless it gets past a certain point. Well, these are a few of the things that can affect the old lumbars, and I'm sure you'll see why swift action is necessary in order to keep you training.
lf you have a Lumbar problem, don't work through it, if it affects you, (pain wise), get some advice from your local Osteopath. Oh, and yes I do like to see people wear weight lifting belts - put on correctly they do support the back. If you really must train through back pain, stick with machines where you'll get more support for the back, and less general strain on it. Common sense though eh?
Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/bodybuilding-articles/bodybuilding-training-injury-checklist-seek-your-local-osteopath-4725833.html#ixzz1Nvpr0BCL
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