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Originally Posted by loco
Some of us have had that same injury and we came back healthier than ever, with zero pain.
But here we have a "in one ear out the other kind of guy. " Pretty sad. So young too.
https://breakingmuscle.com/author/andrew-lock/
Ev practices avoidance to address the problem but Dr Lock practices attacking the area. Also plenty videos on YouTube with this guy, just in case our hero here attends the zoolander school of kids who don't readgood.
AFAIK he's 36. Is that young? I'm 34 feeling like I'm rapidly approaching "middle aged".
Agree. There is literally no way to solve back pain problems without actively training lower back, glutes, and lower traps. You can't just say "omg i have a bad back so no pulls herp derp", even if you do essentially need to do something like that for the first few weeks after an acute injury. In this article, almost everything related to lower back pain advocates heavy p-chain emphasis with kb swings, deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, etc.
Lock is great. I feel like a ****** for spelling his name as Locke in my log for the past several months. I've been doing Lock 3 shoulder prehab/rehab and it works great. It's literally 1kg dumbbells for a bunch of isometric/partial movements. It hasn't allowed me to magically start barbell benching pain free, but in terms of keeping my shoulders healthy and strong for chest training in general it's like magic. Much better than all the FPS exercises Ben Patrick has for his shoulder bulletproofing routine. Another advantage is that it is actual shoulder hypertrophy training and I get a nice pump from doing it.
In 2016-2018 I had some bad lower back pain. Solving it was simple: stop using a belt on any pulling motions and start training the deadlift heavy. I also think belts are often exacerbating rather than solving a lot of lower back issues.