Lower back pain is perhaps one of the worst known to mankind. I swear it’s second to only getting your testicles popped. I haven’t updated in a long minute now but it’s because I couldn’t type with the pain in my back (nah actually I was just a lazy bastard). How it happened…it started with an awkward landing while I was hoopin’ and went up for a dunk (..layup). It really tweaked my knee. Being the gym zealot I am, I didn’t want to take any time off. Seriously people, I think this might be a disorder – some people just don’t know when to throw the gloves in. Instead of resting and icing the knee, I decided I could still lift in the gym. I was deadlifting the same weight as before my injury (245 X 5-6ish, nothing to brag about but heavy for a 155 lb cat like me).
I’m not arrogant, but I know I usually dead with immaculate form, I’ve even received compliments about my form from trainers and really buff dudes in the gym. But deadlifting with a knee injury (or any kind of leg injury) is stupid as I’ve learned. Anyways, because my knee was giving my pain, when I deadlifted that week, my form was probably very shitty. Most of the weight was burdened onto my poor back. After back day, without question my back felt sketchy as hell (not painful, but just kinda weird). The next two week I continued to deadlift (as well as squat). My back has gotten from uncomfortable to sharp pains. Well, now I can’t really jump (basketball) and can’t life (working out).
I mean its pretty depressing, especially because before the injury, I was in probably the best shape I’ve ever been. I decided to go to physio to get my back checked out. It was an old guy (nothing wrong with old people, just old people who refuse to gain new knowledge) who pretty much asked me why the hell I was deadlifting and squatting as if those two exercises were the equivalent of doing crack in the gym. This fellow Danny thought I should just stick to doing leg presses, “as that will utilize the same muscles”. After explaining to him about the balance required and the impact of doing complex exercises such as the dead and squat on your core and central nervous system – he replied that I had no much growing (height wise) left.?! What the fuck did that have to do with anything I just told you.
Anyways, he cracked my back and asked me to come back next week to go on his “shuttle” where he will show me how to become the “ultimate leaper” (did I mention for just 45$?)Needless to say, I’m making an appointment with a MD instead. Overall this whole experience has showed me that I definitely need to know when to give up and call it quits because as I’m typing this I’m still dreading the rest week (or two) that I’m going to have to endure to allow the back to get back.
