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lower back pain from skating
My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an
expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know where to look. |
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A GOOD PT does not need to know about skiing to help. Mine has never
skied, but always fixes my problems. I show him the motions and he sees what's wrong. I say keep looking for a good PT. They are hard to find, but well worth it. Rob Bradlee --- wrote: My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know where to look. ===== Rob Bradlee Java, C++, Perl, XML, OOAD, Linux, and Unix Training |
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"Anders" wrote in message
oups.com... wrote: My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? .... Anders My daughter got severe lower back pain from rowing. Her psysiotherapist found that her upper back muscles were very stiff. The lack of flexibility from the upper area forced the lower back muscles to compensate, eventually leading to lower back pain. Most of the treatments were aimed at "mobilising" the upper back. It took her two months of bi-weekly treatments to be able to row again. To prevent new back pain she now sees, once a month, a physiotherapist trained in Global Postural Re-Education (aka GPR; you should do a google on this). She also takes the time to stretch every day. BarryT |
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i would suggest she cease skiing until she feels fine again. also look
for other reasons for her pain and exclude those. the important thing is to keep this from progressing into something bigger. if she does not improve or gets worse she needs to see a doctor or equivalent. how soon you make that decision would depend on what else is going on including her personal medical history which obviously no one on this BB has access to. so - i think the moral is - do not get medical advice from a nordic skiing BB. call your doctor. sorry. |
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"Anders" wrote in message
oups.com... wrote: My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? .... Anders (repost; my newsserver is behaving stragely) My daughter got severe lower back pain from rowing. Her psysiotherapist found that her upper back muscles were very stiff. The lack of flexibility from the upper area forced the lower back muscles to compensate, eventually leading to lower back pain. Most of the treatments were aimed at "mobilising" the upper back. It took her two months of bi-weekly treatments to be able to row again. To prevent new back pain she now sees, once a month, a physiotherapist trained in Global Postural Re-Education (aka GPR; you should do a google on this). She also takes the time to stretch every day. BarryT |
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I've always believed that a doctor or PT familiar with the sports that
are causing my injuries would be more likely to give good help than ones who aren't familiar. That assumes you are choosing help blind and that familiarity doesn't necessarily mean having done it. For example, I've got bad wrist tendonitis, and the specialist I've seen here in the TC is a helicopter-drop downhiller and the PT doesn't nordic ski, but is mother of two college team level kids. My experience between LA and the Twin Cities with orthopods/PTs confirms that re cross country skiing and other sports, although it always surprises me how many people in the TC have never x-c skied and don't know anything about it. Gene Rob Bradlee wrote: A GOOD PT does not need to know about skiing to help. Mine has never skied, but always fixes my problems. I show him the motions and he sees what's wrong. I say keep looking for a good PT. They are hard to find, but well worth it. Rob Bradlee --- wrote: My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know where to look. ===== Rob Bradlee Java, C++, Perl, XML, OOAD, Linux, and Unix Training |
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If this were classical skiing, I'd suggest incomplete weight shift is
the problem. In skating, I haven't seen anything written. First guesses would be tight muscles, muscle imbalance and technique problems, but could other medical issues be involved? GG wrote: My wife is a beginner skater who is pushing a bit too hard to become an expert... so she has developed major pain in the lower back after skiing during the New Years. It goes away when she is warmed up and skiing, but it always comes back when she is done. Anything like this happenned to anyone? My experience shows that physical therapists don't know much about XC skating here in NYC area... so I dont' really know where to look. |
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