I tweaked my back yesterday doing an awkward move to pick up my fish finder battery.   ouchx10!  

 

now, I am stretching over and over.  smell like an old person with the Salonpas stickers all over, and I am grumpy.  hahaha..

 

I fished the day before 10 hours on my kayak.  cramped quarters.  I stand constantly, but that is a move for a strong core as well.    IN HINDSHIGHT;  I should have stretched once I got home.  and the next morning as well, before I tried to move the vacuum cleaner with one hand, and grab my battery with the other - all from the side while trying slip on my garage sandals.   once this is over, and the pain is gone, I vow to do planks, pushups, etc to boost my core strength.   this is annoying as heck.  I'd prefer a sprained ankle at this point, I think.

 

it is a wild perspective to realize how important a healty a lower back is!!!  it is involved in EVERYTHING.

 

 

I been locking up my back for 10 years or more, it will stop you dead in your tracks sometimes. Once you tweak it, it’s a lifetime of issues 😂. I’ve been having to get into all kinds of weird positions painting at work and there were two weeks everyone was asking what the heck was wrong with me 

 

my funniest one was pumping gas one time. Had to lay on the oily concrete for 5 or so minutes, that got some funny looks and questions 

^^^^ dang!!  

 

After years of volleyball, and basketball, I get lower back spasms pretty frequently. Hyper extensions for your lower back will help.

 

I spent 4 years in a wheelchair due to a broken back from when I was in the service. Some days the pain is so severe I can't get out of bed and some days I feel fairly ok. Even on my best day pain is still something I deal with it's just a matter of how much.

Now I gotta figure out how to make that ^ out of lumber and couch cushions 😂 

my dog cracks me up. 

 

I get on the living room floor to do yoga moves to stretch.  first thing in the morning, he will do downward dog, right next to me.  my wife laughs.

 

as I struggle to get myself off the floor, he stands next to me to offer a brace.   funny how he knows.  what an awesome Mutt.  he totally head butted me this morning..  it aint perfect.

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I vow to do planks, pushups, etc to boost my core strength.

 

@A-Jay .... you make house calls?

I pulled my sciatic nerve February 2024 when I tried lifting a gunsafe.  I know it was a bad idea.  They're heavy and there's no handles.  It was bad and I was laid up for a few days.

 

I re-aggrevated it twice after that initial incident - once in May and again in September.  After the incident in September, I went back in for some treatment and they recommended a couple sessions of physical therapy.  The therapist showed me some at-home stretches and exercises that I can do.  They have helped greatly, not only to strengthen my back and hips, but they seem to have completely prevented another flare up (so far, anyways).

If you can lift a gun safe by hand then you are truly a savage beast 😳.

Hope you heal up completely and can get out on the boat.

ab roller wheels do a fantastc job for core work.  If you aren't comfy on the ground you can do hanging options too which i also recommend as they will allow a fuller range of motion and stretch.  Leg lifts raises twists etc.

9 hours ago, Junger said:

 

There’s one of these in the stretching room at the Y, I had no idea what it was for, until now. Thanks.

I've had lower back.issues pretty consistently since my early 20s. Had both a physical therapist and a chiropractor recommend walking and some basic yoga poses\stretches. I've managed to stay out of their offices for 3 years now, all I did was get a yoga mat and a treadmill and start exercises 3-5 days a week. That said I got lazy over the winter and stopped and guess what? Now my back feels like crap. It's funny you posted this because I started my routine back up today to get my back in shape...I came home did my exercises then came upstairs hopped on bass resource and saw this timely post.

48 minutes ago, Bird said:

If you can lift a gun safe by hand then you are truly a savage beast

It was a terrible idea and I don’t advise anyone try it. They are heavy and have no handles. Get help moving one, be careful, and go slow. Isn’t worth injuring yourself over.

10 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

 

@A-Jay .... you make house calls?

LOL ~

Yes, but I bring the house with me . . . 

A-Jay

A lot of times people with symptoms similar to what you're reporting have either weak glutes or glutes that do not engage. You'll see it in sedentary office workers all the way up to jacked weightlifters and high level athletes. 

 

 

On 4/28/2025 at 11:31 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Now I gotta figure out how to make that ^ out of lumber and couch cushions 😂 

Two pallets from behind Walmart, a couple cushions from a couch found along the road, and a little hillbilly engineering and you'll be all set!!! 😂

On 4/28/2025 at 10:31 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Now I gotta figure out how to make that ^ out of lumber and couch cushions 😂 

Bruh - I know there’s something suitable on marketplace or CL in your neck of the woods…most likely in the “free” or “barter” section…😂😂

On 4/28/2025 at 10:41 AM, Darth-Baiter said:

it is a wild perspective to realize how important a healty a lower back is!!!  it is involved in EVERYTHING.

Hope your back is feeling better.

I think at some point, we all usually figure out how important

a healthy Everything is.

Because everything is involved in everything.

A-Jay

 

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Hope your back is feeling better.

I think at some point, we all usually figure out how important

a healthy Everything is.

Because everything is involved in everything.

A-Jay

 

Thanks. Im

better.  I jogged 5 miles this morning.   Motion is lotion.  
 

way better 

Standing still is the worst for mine 

On 5/1/2025 at 6:20 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Standing still is the worst for mine 

Mine is the same way.  The compression from standing makes it worse.

Get a mountain or gravel bike.  You use your legs and core to balance on the bike instead of sitting on saddle as a seat.  The saddle is just there to provide some support.  It's why you see riders that are real proficient in cycling will have those thin hard saddles.  They never put and weight into the saddle and use their legs and core to stay on the bike.  That'll get your core strong real quick.  

my bike saddle is super thin.  its counter intuitive.  a thin saddle causes less pain for me.  there is a smaller area it is bashing against.  

 

yea..good thought.