GalifreyTourist
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For many people getting checked out by a professional is not an option, usually for monetary reasons. If I was you and I was sure that my back pain was not caused by damage to my spine then I would follow the advice of Charles Staley. Read as many of his articles on his knee rehab as possible and try to apply the principles to your back pain. I would summarise the principles as:
1. Avoid pain, If it hurts just don't do it.
2. Do whatever you can do without pain. So for your legs you might find deadlifts are out but you can do bulgarian split squats, or bodyweight squats or the rehab progressions from CC or One leg deadlifts... etc, etc.
3. Respect your body. This means that you have to go slowly, don't try to rush by adding weight or reps or sets too fast and remember that your back is the part of your body that takes longest to recover if you need to wait longer than usual to train again then do.
4. Check your form. Get a professional to help you, use the High tension techniques keep practising until your form is perfect and instinctive. (make sure that you keep in mind that you are avoiding pain)
5. Persevere, don't give up, with time and effort you should be able to work around any injury to get a great workout for every part of your body. Charles Staley had multiple knee surgery's but was still able to compete in power lifting after rehabilitating himself .
6. Keep in mind that the person who would be able to help you the most is the doctor, these points are just ideas from athletes who I admire. Like Charles Staley and Dave draper. (another book with a good chapter on rehabilitation)
1. Avoid pain, If it hurts just don't do it.
2. Do whatever you can do without pain. So for your legs you might find deadlifts are out but you can do bulgarian split squats, or bodyweight squats or the rehab progressions from CC or One leg deadlifts... etc, etc.
3. Respect your body. This means that you have to go slowly, don't try to rush by adding weight or reps or sets too fast and remember that your back is the part of your body that takes longest to recover if you need to wait longer than usual to train again then do.
4. Check your form. Get a professional to help you, use the High tension techniques keep practising until your form is perfect and instinctive. (make sure that you keep in mind that you are avoiding pain)
5. Persevere, don't give up, with time and effort you should be able to work around any injury to get a great workout for every part of your body. Charles Staley had multiple knee surgery's but was still able to compete in power lifting after rehabilitating himself .
6. Keep in mind that the person who would be able to help you the most is the doctor, these points are just ideas from athletes who I admire. Like Charles Staley and Dave draper. (another book with a good chapter on rehabilitation)