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BigAndyJ · 17-02-2008, 07:39 PM

crazycal1 -

I dunno about seated; I've avoided seated presses as I thought it would be putting too much pressure on my lower back and therefore bad for my other injury! Maybe this is not true though? I've started overhead pressing with dumbbells again - just light though, 2 x 10kgs - so far it's going OK.

scottswald -

yes I can. Lower back injury was 5 years ago. I was deadlifting, didn't know the right form, trying to lift too much and had just spent the morning moving PCs up and down floors at work. I just felt a twinge, but a week later it was very sore. It flared up every 6 months or so, went to the physio for a month or two (luckily work pay for my Bupa membership...) and it went away. But as I said, after trying to get back into my old routine it just came back every 6 months. So I read this article on T-nation.com about how to train if you sit at a computer all day. As a result, I changed my routine - I don't back squat or deadlift with a barbell; I do front squats and single legged deads with dumbbells. I also added rack pulls to my routine - great for getting me to bend at the waist only during day-to-day activity.

Neck injury was last year. I was doing military presses - my normal weight, only I hadn't been training that much in 6 months. On my second set, I suddenly felt weaker on one side. Didn't think anything of it and ploughed on into a third set. Came home later and got into bed and felt pain and extreme tightness in my upper back, on the left. This lasted about a week but must have pulled something in my neck as thats what left me with the neck injury. It sounds more painful that it is. But I was really worried about it. It's been on and off since and I can't work out why - could be just that I'm using my neck all the time (whereas with my lower back, I could at least rest it).

I consider my lower back injury "under control" in that I know what to avoid and the warning signs of it flaring up again. But I'm not that confident with my neck. It hasn't given me much bother so far this year, which is good - but I don't know why. I would prefer to understand why first and I'd have more confidence to hit heavier weights in the gym.

17-02-2008, 07:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
BigAndyJ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belfast Posts: 111 Rep Power:	Re: Log attempt n crazycal1 - I dunno about seated; I've avoided seated presses as I thought it would be putting too much pressure on my lower back and therefore bad for my other injury! Maybe this is not true though? I've started overhead pressing with dumbbells again - just light though, 2 x 10kgs - so far it's going OK. scottswald - yes I can. Lower back injury was 5 years ago. I was deadlifting, didn't know the right form, trying to lift too much and had just spent the morning moving PCs up and down floors at work. I just felt a twinge, but a week later it was very sore. It flared up every 6 months or so, went to the physio for a month or two (luckily work pay for my Bupa membership...) and it went away. But as I said, after trying to get back into my old routine it just came back every 6 months. So I read this article on T-nation.com about how to train if you sit at a computer all day. As a result, I changed my routine - I don't back squat or deadlift with a barbell; I do front squats and single legged deads with dumbbells. I also added rack pulls to my routine - great for getting me to bend at the waist only during day-to-day activity. Neck injury was last year. I was doing military presses - my normal weight, only I hadn't been training that much in 6 months. On my second set, I suddenly felt weaker on one side. Didn't think anything of it and ploughed on into a third set. Came home later and got into bed and felt pain and extreme tightness in my upper back, on the left. This lasted about a week but must have pulled something in my neck as thats what left me with the neck injury. It sounds more painful that it is. But I was really worried about it. It's been on and off since and I can't work out why - could be just that I'm using my neck all the time (whereas with my lower back, I could at least rest it). I consider my lower back injury "under control" in that I know what to avoid and the warning signs of it flaring up again. But I'm not that confident with my neck. It hasn't given me much bother so far this year, which is good - but I don't know why. I would prefer to understand why first and I'd have more confidence to hit heavier weights in the gym.