How much pain are you in?

itsallaboutheL

On a day to day basis.

What do you do to prevent and treat said pain?

I have a pipe and a grid roller located in two different parts of my house, so as to encourage me to roll more.

I use a ridiculous amount of deep heat type crap. And anytime i've an actual injury i ration the anti-inflams that i get.

Are contrast showers actually worth the bother?

metamorphosis

I don't know for you as you lift and i run and cycle but contrast showers make a bit of a difference to me, especially after short fast races and track sessions.

Pain on a day to day basis - generally not much. If i have a hard session then theres some usual DOMS in the usual places or if i do somethin new. Like last week i did a plyo session after bot having done one in too long and i was in bits the day after.

I have a foam roller and tennis balls at home but don't use them enough. Dyna band for mobility stuff, but again don't use it enough. Vibro plate in one of the gyms i work in is used a good bit by me for massaging the lower body.

Reading this i really should do more - iv tight hips, hams and shoulders at the mo.

I don't think you should be in much pain on a day to day basis all the time though unless you have a ore disposing issue.

How's the shoulder?

podge57

Thankfully I don't really experience much pain from lifting. Sometimes my knees can get really stiff if I'm sitting down for a while, but thats usually only when I squat and goes away after a few minutes.

I usually stretch for 15 mins every evening, and spend 15 mins warming up before I lift, which seems to keep everything healthy

When I run/play football its a different story, my whole lower body is sore for days after, esp my ankles and calves

the drifter

im putting my physio's kids through university...

Daniel S

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

How much pain are you in?

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ragg

im in a hoop, but mainly from injuries that i ignore. Foam rolling is OK, but its only popular cos american PT's aren't legally able to "touch" people.
A couple of good sports massages a month have been would a billion foam rolling sessions to me

cc87

ehhh, hips,calfs, shins, hams, lower back, shoulder. Have a foam roller and lots of different balls to try and massage it with.

Been to 3 physios in the last 6 months, each one said something different.

I attribute most of my trouble to a physio wrongly diagnosing me with different length legs when i was 17/18 and giving me orthotics to fix it. Although the shoulder is partly from an old injury as well.

squod

Arnica balm. Seems to sort out knots for me. Don't train often enough to get sore as you.

dartstothesea

Don't train often enough to get very sore (or very strong!) Always get my 1 rest day in between workouts, at the least.
Tenonditis has flared up at times, that was annoying. Not agonizing or anything but could feel it loads of the time just doing banal crap.

ferike1

Occasionally get a knot in the lower back that needs to be massaged, nothing too serious. Foam roller does wonders. Need to see a physio though to sort it out proper.

mack32

battling through a couple of disc prolapses at the moment, in varying degrees of pain pretty much everyday, panadol etc helps but i try to avoid it, foam rolling doesnt seem to give the affected muscles much relief, ice packs do the job though

King of Kings

my left shoulder was goosed now only sore in the morning from sleep.
10 mins of shaking and rotating and it's ok.

But hopefully it'll be sorted soon.

KeithReilly

cc87 wrote: »

ehhh, hips,calfs, shins, hams, lower back, shoulder. Have a foam roller and lots of different balls to try and massage it with.

Been to 3 physios in the last 6 months, each one said something different.

I attribute most of my trouble to a physio wrongly diagnosing me with different length legs when i was 17/18 and giving me orthotics to fix it. Although the shoulder is partly from an old injury as well.

I have experienced different physio's giving different diagnosis myself. It's horrid frustrating and it's no wonder so many people self diagnose themselves with the help of the Internet, their probably just as accurate most of the time.

COH

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

On a day to day basis.?

Depending on the day, none to lots. At the moment, alot less than I should be given what I did yesterday.

What do you do to prevent and treat said pain?

Foam roll my ITBs/Hamstrings/Quads/Upper back with a foam roller or PVC pipe. I murder my Glutes with a hockeyball, I use this hockeyball on my shoulders and upper back too. Sometimes my feet, coz it feels nice even if I doubt it does anything.

I started warming up before training, plenty of mobility/stability work... and do extra specific prehab and rehab work for my shoulders,knees and SI joint, and I pay out the arse for weekly chiropractic.

I have a pipe and a grid roller located in two different parts of my house, so as to encourage me to roll more.

I want a rumbleroller

I use a ridiculous amount of deep heat type crap. And anytime i've an actual injury i ration the anti-inflams that i get.

I eat difene like sweets when I need to, and regularly bath in difene gel, and hot/cold packs. I lie to the pharmacy about why regular neurofen is b0llocks and why I need neurofen plus.

Are contrast showers actually worth the bother

Sounds like effort... I recommend getting a small female (of legal age) to walk on your back instead then get you ice-cream and/or cake

itsallaboutheL

COH wrote: »

I eat difene like sweets when I need to, and regularly bath in difene gel, and hot/cold packs. I lie to the pharmacy about why regular neurofen is b0llocks and why I need neurofen plus.

I got interrogated for 15 minutes by two pharmacists today.

I basically had to say i had taken everything else possible before they gave it to me. Which seems a bit stupid. I wouldn't mind but what in the **** am i going to do with 12 tablets.

COH

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

I got interrogated for 15 minutes by two pharmacists today.

I basically had to say i had taken everything else possible before they gave it to me. Which seems a bit stupid. I wouldn't mind but what in the **** am i going to do with 12 tablets.

Heres why

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The Davestator

COH wrote: »

Heres why

List of stuff its literally impossible to get...
[In order...]

1 - Neurofen Plus
2 - Weapons grade plutonium
3 - Accurate information regarding steroids on boards.ie
4 - Shorts that actually fit ItsallaboutheL
5 - Madeline McCann
6 - Anyone who likes Rocky 5
7 - The Jade Monkey
8 - Hot girls in Zaytoon at 5am that are still hot at 11am
9 - The cure for cancer
10 - Etc Etc Etc...

Best post on this forum in ages!

shootermacg

So what is causing/has caused the pain? Training or something else?
I get a niggle in both shoulder joints since starting cleans, I've stopped them for the time being.

Brian?

Cappered my back today squatting. Thermacare heat par on n

Brian?

Cappered my back today squatting. Thermacare heat par on now, seems to be working.

Remmy

Strangely my back goes in bits if I don't deadlift for a week or longer.It can range from really stiff 40 minutes after I wake up to getting woken up by it 4 or 5 times a night.Its related back to an old low back inury.

Zamboni

I have no pain at all except the odd bout of doms.

It's all in your head folks

Limousine Fred

Sore after most sessions but it's bearable, legs days are the worst!!:mad:

Dathai

Brick arse the day after heavy deads or squats.

When I don't lift for about 2 weeks and then go back training it gets really bad, to the point where I contemplate pouring milk into the tub of whey and blending the tub.

shootermacg

Had sciatica before, but it went away with steroid treatment. Now if I get any twinge in my back I'll stop and will not go back to deads until I'm happy it's gone. I treat the twinge as an early warning system.
Nothing is worth having 4 months of sciatica.
As far as doms are concerned, leg day is always the worst for me.

Some of you guys must be really on the limit with your lifts.

overhand_right

il let ye know in an hour im off to do legs

john t

Pain no, feeling of trained muscle group yes.

deadlybuzzman

Does anyone else start to get aches and pains during a week off? My wrists always start to hurt after a few days and other random joints too

Remmy

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

Does anyone else start to get aches and pains during a week off? My wrists always start to hurt after a few days and other random joints too

Yeah I do in my back and kees mostly.I would be able to justify it if I was lifting heavy weights but Im not.:pac:

RobAMerc

I'm not in too much pain unless I change part of my routine - however my legs are always tired and my mates at work are always asking if I could manage to get up from my desk without groaning every once in a while !

kevpants

None since a visit to the osteo to sort out my SI joint. I've never felt better actually. In terms of what pain i WAS in, I couldn't be on my feet for more than a few hours and my lower back would cramp up and I'd need to sit or lie down or at least bend down and try and stretch it out. Wandering around shops was tortuous. Regularly pulled muscles on the right side of my back and any high volume session on my lower body was always cut short by the low back fatigue rather than the other muscles I was targeting.

FYI for anyone who knows they have some kind of imbalance like this, activation exercises are the great fukcing myth of the current fitness world. NOT. WORTH. A. SH1TE. I tried activating my left glute and stretching my psoas obsessively for a year and it did nothing. No positive effect on my posture or my muscle imbalance issues. I suppose my opinion from this is that if the underlying scaffolding of your bones is wonky your muscles aren't going to work right and they are definitely not able to pull you into shape through activation exercises etc. Just get a large man to straighten you up.

Bruce7

kevpants wrote: »

None since a visit to the osteo to sort out my SI joint. I've never felt better actually. In terms of what pain i WAS in, I couldn't be on my feet for more than a few hours and my lower back would cramp up and I'd need to sit or lie down or at least bend down and try and stretch it out. Wandering around shops was tortuous. Regularly pulled muscles on the right side of my back and any high volume session on my lower body was always cut short by the low back fatigue rather than the other muscles I was targeting.

FYI for anyone who knows they have some kind of imbalance like this, activation exercises are the great fukcing myth of the current fitness world. NOT. WORTH. A. SH1TE. I tried activating my left glute and stretching my psoas obsessively for a year and it did nothing. No positive effect on my posture or my muscle imbalance issues. I suppose my opinion from this is that if the underlying scaffolding of your bones is wonky your muscles aren't going to work right and they are definitely not able to pull you into shape through activation exercises etc. Just get a large man to straighten you up.

Sounds interesting. Can you recommend one? I don't mind where in Dublin. I went to one a few years ago when I was about 98kg, and he got me to lean back onto him so he could do some kind of cracking manoeuvre but he was a smallish, older guy, and ended up kind of staggering about a bit, so it was a bit of a fiasco. I'm about 116 now, so it would need to be a large enough man.

I read that throwers, especially those who were throwing from a young age, often have osseous adaptations in their throwing shoulder. I've done all the things you're meant to do to address strength imbalances and my right shoulder is still f*cked, while my left shoulder is fine. Maybe a bone-setter is the solution.

Carl Sagan

My feet are pretty ****ed and generally hurt if I try running. Other than that, my lower back often feels tired, and I can't progress in back squats without my getting a twinge in my lower back and pain for a week or two.

kevpants

Bruce7 wrote: »

Sounds interesting. Can you recommend one? I don't mind where in Dublin. I went to one a few years ago when I was about 98kg, and he got me to lean back onto him so he could do some kind of cracking manoeuvre but he was a smallish, older guy, and ended up kind of staggering about a bit, so it was a bit of a fiasco. I'm about 116 now, so it would need to be a large enough man.

I read that throwers, especially those who were throwing from a young age, often have osseous adaptations in their throwing shoulder. I've done all the things you're meant to do to address strength imbalances and my right shoulder is still f*cked, while my left shoulder is fine. Maybe a bone-setter is the solution.

Yeah Teran Syngh on Merrion St (just on the corner of merrion square there across from the hotel whoes name I can't remember. The corner nearest Pearse station). You'll be waiting 2-3 months to see him and it's €100 a session but one session sorted me, I went back for my second but he didn't do anything, it was pretty much a hole in one. So it's not a monthly thing over years a la chiropractor/physio.

He's in his 60's but he's a mountain of a man. The particular move he did on me for the SI involved me lying on my side while he cradled me in his arms then he picked me up and slammed me down on the table. I was well over 100kg at the time so don't worry about him not being able to handle your size.

We came across him because his wife Pamela is a baby osteopath. My daughter had awful issues with her neck and shoulder, she couldn't really look to her left and couldn't raise her left arm above shoulder height. It was preventing her feeding as every time she lay back and tilted her head it hurt. We treated her for feckin reflux for 6 months thinking it was the problem and got nowhere until my wife heard about his wife. She took 3 sessions but the change in Moya was unbelievable.

Really can't recommend the pair of them highly enough.

Bruce7

kevpants wrote: »

Yeah Teran Syngh on Merrion St (just on the corner of merrion square there across from the hotel whoes name I can't remember. The corner nearest Pearse station). You'll be waiting 2-3 months to see him and it's €100 a session but one session sorted me, I went back for my second but he didn't do anything, it was pretty much a hole in one. So it's not a monthly thing over years a la chiropractor/physio.

He's in his 60's but he's a mountain of a man. The particular move he did on me for the SI involved me lying on my side while he cradled me in his arms then he picked me up and slammed me down on the table. I was well over 100kg at the time so don't worry about him not being able to handle your size.

We came across him because his wife Pamela is a baby osteopath. My daughter had awful issues with her neck and shoulder, she couldn't really look to her left and couldn't raise her left arm above shoulder height. It was preventing her feeding as every time she lay back and tilted her head it hurt. We treated her for feckin reflux for 6 months thinking it was the problem and got nowhere until my wife heard about his wife. She took 3 sessions but the change in Moya was unbelievable.

Really can't recommend the pair of them highly enough.

Nice one, thanks a million.