You wake up in the morning and your back is stiff and a little cranky. What the fuck is going on?
I’m not a doctor, but there are a few very common reasons this happens.
Low back pain is incredibly common.
A lot of things factor into it, including how you sleep, how you sit, how much you move during the day, and how you work out.
Most low back pain we see comes from not moving a lot and then trying to do too much too fast too soon (sounds familiar, right?)
One simple thing that can help is to start moving a little more throughout your day. Go for a walk. Do a 5–10 minute stretch. Start lifting weights (heyyyy).
Back pain during workouts typically comes down to two things.
- Doing too much, too fast, too soon, or lifting with poor form. No movement is inherently dangerous, but if you grip it and rip it without being mindful of how you’re picking things up, your body might get cranky about it.
- Muscles that are “tight” or “weak,” which pull you into positions your back doesn’t love. We’re usually looking at the low back itself (yes, that needs strength too), core, glutes, and hip flexors.
A well-designed training program and good coaching (heyyy again) can help strengthen what’s weak, mobilize what’s locking you up, and build confidence in movements you might currently be afraid of.
We do our best to minimize injury risk, even though sometimes shit just happens, because unfortunately, our bodies have not yet evolved to be indestructible (rude).
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