Lower Back Pain · Ruth Performance Lab

Philipp Kirchberg

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Lower Back Pain

If its not the right topic for this community

@Kyle Ruth

, please let me know.

Who struggles with lower back pain or has clients?

So because i have lower back issues since almost 2 years, i read a lot. (L5 S1 protrusion)

Had the niveau of an QF athlete, some Open workouts top 10%

I think back pain is like shoulder pain. Many have it, but everbody's solution is different :D

What i've noticed is, many pro athletes have/had lower back pain. And I ask myself what did they do to train healthy again?

- emma lawson

- alexis raptis

- adrian mundwiler

- katrin davidsdottir

- tia

Cause I messaged a lot with Adrian Mundwiler. He struggles for 5 years, had several injections, pain free for a couple of months, pain again, injection, etc. So he asked himself what is the real issue, cause he trained his back a lot. And for now it seems he has the solution - adductors

Adductor stable --> Psoas calm - Pelvis neutral - L5/S1 relieved

I know Paul Weber let me train jefferson curls (when he coached me for a couple of month), and clients of him felt better with this exercise.

I did 26.1 and my back after this is super super tight (the day after). Some bending is painful. I know its a protection reaction and not another protrusion, but its really annoying cause i thaught with no pain i can train like i did to my best time. But honestly a did a lot of bodybuilding and no common CrossFit movements the last year or so. So my body couldn't adapt. In Adrians case for example he did a dumbbell snatch in training and booom back pain. So i asked myself whats the real problem? Tight hips over time and suddenly it could be any movement to blow it up again?! Its a mysterium for me...

What lower back pain experiences do you have with yourself or your clients?

Thank you!

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