[peter12]

Originally Posted by Azure

Are you doing any kind of soft tissue work?

A proper foam rolling routine has helped me a lot.

I also follow MobilityWOD quite a bit. Kelly Starrett is one of the more foremost experts on physical therapy and I believe he has moved the injury prevention field away from 'get an appointment 2x per week' towards methods that people can do on their own.

Proper movement, joint mobilization, flexibility, etc are all things that have gotten lost in our sedentary lifestyle. Most people can't touch their toes, do a full air squat without having their heels elevate, raise their arms in the air and have proper shoulder rotation, proper hip rotation both external & internal, etc, etc. In years past because of the more active nature of how we lived, these simple movements didn't get lost and were maintained by people for many years. Nowadays because we all slouch at our computers all day, or bodies have become inflexible and weak.

We need to move everyone towards an approach where they are spending 15-20 min per day on improving these core movements with their bodies and most of the issues with chronic back pain, shoulder pain, ankle pain, etc, etc will go away.

I just do squats, deadlifts, overhead and bench press, and sometimes snatches. I feel better than I did before I blasted my back.