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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
January 17 2010 18:19 GMT
#1
Occasionally I have a problem with slightly hurting my back or my chest. For example, over the summer I was visiting some friends in Connecticut, and I woke up my the muscle in my chest very sore. It could have been from sneezing funny or sleeping funny or god knows what. It was especially a problem because I had planned to go play golf that day.

I wouldn't feel it at all except for when I used the affected muscles a certain way, and it would hurt a lot. I sorta resisted flexing my chest as much as possible to avoid this (you flex your chest more often than you might realize). I tried gently stretching it out but wasn't have much luck. I said 'fuck it' and went to the driving range and it slowly got better so eventually I played golf and it wasn't bothering me any more and I did very well. Since then the same thing has happened another 1-2 times and gone away on its own.

Yesterday I was bowling and I hurt my back. Towards the end of the game my form kinda broke down and I twisted funny. My very lower back was hurting, but again only when I bent/flexed it in certain ways. I didn't feel it otherwise. I decided to stop bowling after the game and rest it since I had the finals of a league the next day (today) in about 28 hours from then. I was pretty much able to ignore it and slept fine.

Today it feels like the affects linger a little bit and I'm nervous. Even though I've been bowling kinda badly lately my team is in fourth with a chance to move up and get more money tonight in the final week. What can I do to make it possible for me to bowl? Normally I avoid advil/etc for muscle related problems and aim to take care of things naturally but maybe this is the time? I just don't want to reduce my sensitivity when I'm doing something strenuous and use the drugs to allow me to further hurt myself ._.

TY for any advice.

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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-17 18:27:33
January 17 2010 18:25 GMT
#2
ibuprofen and caution

Seriously though, if u gotta use it tonight u just don't have enough time.

Keep the injured area warm/hot while you are bowling.
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-17 18:39:09
January 17 2010 18:38 GMT
#3
I had some lower back problems a few years back and a physical therapist gave me a sheet of basic but helpful exercises.
I photocopied and uploaded it here: [url blocked]
Obviously they won't provide immediate relief, but it might help a little T_T
Good luck tonight.
Entusman #12
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
January 17 2010 18:41 GMT
#4
Start working out, I used to have problems with my back, which went away once i hit proper deadlift numbers.
SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
January 17 2010 18:54 GMT
#5
On January 18 2010 03:41 Catch]22 wrote:
Start working out, I used to have problems with my back, which went away once i hit proper deadlift numbers.


working out does wonders
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
January 17 2010 18:56 GMT
#6
I've had back problems all my life, started muay thai awhile ago and now its mainly gone.

Working out helps lots as everyone else has stated.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
January 17 2010 19:00 GMT
#7
On January 18 2010 03:25 travis wrote:
ibuprofen and caution

Seriously though, if u gotta use it tonight u just don't have enough time.

Keep the injured area warm/hot while you are bowling.

How should I keep it warm/hot?

On January 18 2010 03:38 littlechava wrote:
I had some lower back problems a few years back and a physical therapist gave me a sheet of basic but helpful exercises.
I photocopied and uploaded it here: [url blocked]
Obviously they won't provide immediate relief, but it might help a little T_T
Good luck tonight.

Thanks, I'll look.

On January 18 2010 03:41 Catch]22 wrote:
Start working out, I used to have problems with my back, which went away once i hit proper deadlift numbers.

This is my first time having this problem so it might just be a freak thing, but obviously working out does wonders. However, the odds that I'll actually start working out in the near future (this type anyway) is very low =(

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GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
January 17 2010 19:03 GMT
#8
This might seem like a big deal to you because you don't use drugs to help with pain but it really isn't that big of a deal... Take advil or some pills for back pain.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
sassy
Profile Joined December 2009
240 Posts
January 17 2010 19:15 GMT
#9
i know exactly what youre talking about

always try to warm up or stretch before playing golf/bowl. And if you exercise or work out periodically it definitely does help
UbRi
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Italy603 Posts
January 17 2010 19:40 GMT
#10
actually working out is dangerous for your back, when you don't do it correctly it's just deadly for that purpose, but also when you do it properly, the majority of the most common weight-lifting exercises put additional weight into your back. There are some which doesn't, for example exercises with your back on a bench and with your legs lifted, but for sure they don't help.

Swimming is good for backpain problems, otherwise there are some basic stretching exercises you can do once a day before going to bed to relieve the tension on your back, and some basic rules about how you should keep your body when you sit, walk and do stuff

For your specific problem I recommend plasters with ibuprofen, voltaren or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
January 17 2010 23:06 GMT
#11
Alot of my problems came from bad posture... once I fixed that alot of them went away
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
January 18 2010 04:07 GMT
#12
BTW I took 3 ibuprofen in addition to doing some other things and my back didn't hurt. I didn't bowl quite well enough to place in today's event but at least I wasn't hurting!
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
January 18 2010 07:13 GMT
#13
try working out your abs/lower back
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
January 18 2010 09:59 GMT
#14
Valium imho, it's a good muscle relaxant. Also, working out helps strengthen back/chest muscles so they won't get injured as easily in the future.
Also, play safer sports like SC.
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