Low Back Pain Blog
I've spent the last 7+ years looking into the research around back pain. Let me summarise it for you!
Category Pre- and Post-Surgery
Injury timeframes
The timeframe or stage of the disorder is obviously important as it will necessitate different priorities in management.
Physio for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (abbreviated BJJ, and also sometimes called Mexican Ground Karate or the Joe Rogan Appreciation Society) is a grappling martial art with a heavy focus on ground fighting and submissions.
Physio for Mixed Martial Arts
The main mistake we see MMA athletes making with their recovery is this: their focus is in the wrong area.
Motion is lotion!
Fun fact: we can actually build up a healthy reservoir of lubricin in our joints with lots of movement! Remember, rest is rust and motion is lotion!
Pain is truly multifactorial
Imagine you’re a cup. Now imagine all of the factors that contribute to pain and/or injury is liquid in the cup. The metaphor says that we experience pain when the cup overflows.
Pain can change how we look and act
Functional behaviours are concerned with how your pain physically manifests (e.g., postures, altered movement etc.).
Let’s talk lifestyle and your pain!
Doing too little can make you an avoidance coper, and doing too much can make you an endurance coper.
Treating the ecosystem
Yellow flags are an umbrella term referring to the thoughts/beliefs, feelings/emotions, and communal/social factors that contribute to the pain experience.
My rehab guide, summarised
The entire rehabilitation process has been aptly summarised by Greg Lehman when he said, ‘calm shit down, build shit back up.’