What I do with a bad back...

Mutants, whelps and any normal folk that stumble upon this blog.. Are you tired of your back giving you curry/chili peppers and other forms of high heat food type feelings?

Ok, walk to a mirror, stand side on and see how your back looks. Now, Mutants and whelps, this may shock you, but the normals want to look like us. Have you seen the posture that the average desk jockeying normal has at work. This is not a good feeling my friends. The primary cause of poor posture, other than a lack of discipline and poor ergonomically designed work stations, is lack of core and back/shoulder strength.

I am not going to go into the core today, because, well I am tired, and it is a very particular subject best left for when you are alert. As for the upper body and back injuries, you have to be very careful when training. For example I will share one of my stupid moments. Now as I have mentioned before, the TRX is an awesome piece of kit. Great for working out backs, even if they are mutated. Now, when you are doing it 5 days a week, it does lead to some pain. At one point, I was certain I had partially dislodged the fusion point in my back. The reason behind this, was I was working the Lats and Traps a little too much. Now as you can see, when your back is originally straight, your muscles when exercised will try and tighten back into their regular position. What this does, ESPECIALLY in Kyphotic backs, is that it will try and straighten your back. Now, this is going somewhere. IF you know a youngster who is requiring back surgery, ask your doctor to see if the condition will respond to a coached and strictly monitored workout regimen targeting the lats and traps, as well as the deltoids, shoulders, chest and core.

Now, one of my favourite exercises for areas of the body around the spine include the following. Lat Pull-downs behind the neck, standing military press with light weight. An exercise I have developed (unless someone has done it outside of an archery range) which I call the archer pull. I should put a vid of that up sometime. Standing tricep lifts using the assisted machine, both front and back, and a bunch of others. Now the main scenario most of these all have in common, is not a row or pull motion at chest height. Having learned my lesson the hard way, I have become even more back conscious. I did not know it was possible to be honest, but yes, you can be paranoid on just about anything.

Ok, now enough of my saged wisdom, and mutanty nuggets of wisdom. Remember, Banana's and Caramal soy yoghurt = freaking good snack! This could be used as a form of bribery, or if you are more honest, a form of tribute. Go, do something fitness related, even if it is just a brisk walk to get your snack, or my tribute!