FireLight
Cathlete
Good morning Justinef,
I also share the same concern about my hip flexors. They are pretty tight most of the time and some moves I'm not as flexible as I would like to be.
In the beginning of this year, I began to have lower back pain, not severe just noticeable enough to cause enough discomfort when I am standing. An annoying kind of tenderness. Sometimes I would not have any pain there, but feel tightness radiating down my right leg. When I was more involved with my yoga practice this helped with these issues. Over the following months, I reduced the intensity of my rotations and the poundage, incorporated more yoga and now I'm foam rolling and doing extra stretching. I also worked on my core stabilizers a bit more and focused on my posture. Thus far, the back pain is gone, which I am very grate for. (It does make life miserable though, so I understand you and the OPs concern). And back to my level of intensity - cardio wise, but I'm at a plataeu with the iron.
Justinef, I hope you don't think I was confrontational - I am the least confrontational person in the world! You and a few other Cathletes that post often are some of the most inspirational and knowledgeable (quite humorous too) women on this forum. Before you moved your thread from Open Discussion/Nia Shanks to the Check-in/Lifting like girls, I enjoyed reading the posts and quite impressed with the paper workouts and numbers all of you put up with the iron. You girls certainly show a Cathlete attitude - effort, hard work, keep challenging yourselves and moving to improve your health. You also have a tremondous familiarity with Cathe DVDs and others workout DVDs.
I have no medical issues or impairments, gratefuldog, but don't shut up. It's nice to read and learn of other Cathletes PT/medical issues and it helps all of us empathize with each other. It's also information someone else could use. That's the beauty of this wonderful forum!
Nathalie, keep those articles coming. I need to read it, once I'm done with this post!
I also share the same concern about my hip flexors. They are pretty tight most of the time and some moves I'm not as flexible as I would like to be.
In the beginning of this year, I began to have lower back pain, not severe just noticeable enough to cause enough discomfort when I am standing. An annoying kind of tenderness. Sometimes I would not have any pain there, but feel tightness radiating down my right leg. When I was more involved with my yoga practice this helped with these issues. Over the following months, I reduced the intensity of my rotations and the poundage, incorporated more yoga and now I'm foam rolling and doing extra stretching. I also worked on my core stabilizers a bit more and focused on my posture. Thus far, the back pain is gone, which I am very grate for. (It does make life miserable though, so I understand you and the OPs concern). And back to my level of intensity - cardio wise, but I'm at a plataeu with the iron.
Justinef, I hope you don't think I was confrontational - I am the least confrontational person in the world! You and a few other Cathletes that post often are some of the most inspirational and knowledgeable (quite humorous too) women on this forum. Before you moved your thread from Open Discussion/Nia Shanks to the Check-in/Lifting like girls, I enjoyed reading the posts and quite impressed with the paper workouts and numbers all of you put up with the iron. You girls certainly show a Cathlete attitude - effort, hard work, keep challenging yourselves and moving to improve your health. You also have a tremondous familiarity with Cathe DVDs and others workout DVDs.
I have no medical issues or impairments, gratefuldog, but don't shut up. It's nice to read and learn of other Cathletes PT/medical issues and it helps all of us empathize with each other. It's also information someone else could use. That's the beauty of this wonderful forum!
Nathalie, keep those articles coming. I need to read it, once I'm done with this post!
