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Health professionals are easily scared. Remember that most of the people they meet are in pain or discomfort, pain or discomfort which all too often only gets worse over the years, and which may kill them. Health professionals don't see you when your condition improves - you get better, you don't go back - they only see you when you're getting worse.A lot of health professionals in various fields HAVE reacted like this was some exotic condition that scared them
Yes. Everyone needs a nice straight back when lifting. But as I said, for people without scoliosis, being straight in the left-right dimensions comes naturally. For scoliosis, the person must concentrate on it.Do you mean this in the way that we would have to be conscious of how we hold our hips and shoulders and that we are not allowing the weights to pull us to one side?
Different situations. At work, they want to keep everyone safe. How can they do that when some people are strong, some weak? Well... they have to assume everyone is weak. Their "safe lifting" guidelines are not written for athletic young people, they're written for the overweight 50 year old guy with three herniated discs in his back. They're not trying to make you strong, they're just trying to keep you alive for this one lift.I must admit I'm a little confused too on the issue of deadlifts - when you do workplace health and safety training on lifting they want you to start with your spine as close to vertical as possible and maintain the same spinal position whilst lifting with the legs.
Assuming a healthy but not strong back, what causes damage is repeated lifts with rounding. The vertebrae are designed to fit together like so =, when the back rounds, they end up like so >. Now, if all you're doing is picking up your car keys that doesn't matter. Pick up 100kg and it's rather different.With deadlifts it appears you're aiming to change the spinal position as you lift - but isn't this what H&S trainers always say strains the back and can cause crushed vertebrae etc?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.I think what I'm picking up from your post is that spinal position isn't the biggest issue because its the muscles that are creating the movement and they need to guide and support the spine through a safe range???
i have heard alot about the kettlebell swing being very good for the back. perhaps you should look into mastering that exercise.
i too had/have(not sure if i still got it) from bowling in cricket which does not stop me from training. this may be bad advice but i think sometimes you just got try things, somethings may hurt, dont do it again. somethings may not.
of course be safe, but try not to act like you live in a bubble
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