lower back pain when walking

RiseToTheTop

Hello, I am a man of 20.5 stone. I have a very big skeletal frame, I am build like a heavyweight boxer or a very big rugby player so I am not morbidly obese. When I am 16 stone I am very fit and have little fat.

But anyway I tried walking yesterday for 30 minutes. I do the stretching. I walked 15 minutes and turned back but on the way back I started getting pains in the usual place, the right side of my lower back. The section feels like it turns into jelly.

This has happened before and my back will be sore for around a week, which is annoying to say the least. I want to get down to 16 stone again. But what can I do about my back? I am 25 years old and my Doctor said I could have arthirits in my left knee. It doesn't hurt or anything, but the clicking noise is there when I fully motion my left knee upwards.

I have cut down on the Coke, I only have 1 can a day now, 330ml. I used to bate back 2 litres every night before. I am not addicted to chocolate, crisps or cake, I only have these occasionally, I mightn't have them for months at a time. It is the Coke which is the main culprit for me being where I am.

Hanley

Your attitude needs to Change before you'll see any improvement with anything.

You're not 20 stone because of coke. And unless you're 6 foot plus with an extensive training background, you're probs not lean at 16 stone.

As for your back, it's probably a combination of your weight and sedentary activity levels. Start slow, build it up over time. Try jumping into the deep end and you're asking for trouble.

johnayo

Your excessive weight is more than likely causing your back pain. As already suggested, a slow build-up is necessary. If your situation does not improve, then I would consider having a gait analysis done. My wife suffers from back pain whilst standing or walking for prolonged periods of time, although excessive weight is not a problem for. She is using Orthotics in recent times and is getting great relief.

billyhead

It more then likely has to do with your bodyweight and a poor core structure. Get your weight down first and improve your core and if you still get back pain after getting to a normal healthy weight book yourself in with a physio. I suffer chronic back pain from an injury I got 2 years ago after I damged spinal discs and was recommended to have surgery to corect it by the physio which I want to avoid. Its bereable and I can still go about my day without it affecting me. See a professional if its thier when you lose weight. Better to be safe then sorry

ProudDUB

Stretching isn't enough. You should be doing things to strength the muscles and ligaments and tendons all over your body, so that they can cope with all the excess weight that you are carrying as you put your body through a work out. Simple stretching will not do that.

When I got serious about losing weight and getting healthy, I hurt my back very badly after just one session on the cross trainer. I wasn't able to leave the couch for a week. I went to see a personal trainer. He gave me a list of exercises to do to strengthen the muscles in my back and legs and shoulders so that it would never happen again. Some of the routines were on the weights machines at the gym. Some of them I could do at home. The combination of the two has made a huge difference.

RiseToTheTop

Hanley wrote: »

Your attitude needs to Change before you'll see any improvement with anything.

You're not 20 stone because of coke. And unless you're 6 foot plus with an extensive training background, you're probs not lean at 16 stone.

As for your back, it's probably a combination of your weight and sedentary activity levels. Start slow, build it up over time. Try jumping into the deep end and you're asking for trouble.

I'm 5'11 and a half.

I did lift weights before.

Mack_1111

RiseToTheTop wrote: »

I'm 5'11 and a half.

I did lift weights before.

To be a lean 16 stone 5'11" guy you'd need to be built like Cian Healey, (Lenster prop). That's not achieved by just lifting weights, it's intense training & serious diet management as well.

I'm not trying to have a go at you but I think you should be a bit more realistic with your expectations! Tommy Boe who is 6'3" & built like a brick sh1t house doesn't weigh 16 stone!

InTheTrees

Just amateur advice but...

Eventually we grow older and the "specializations" of our youth (being "built" for a specific sport) are no longer possible.

20 stone and being built "like a boxer" isnt sustainable (you dont see any 20 stone 70 year olds) for your whole life and you're feeling the first aches and pains. At 25 its starting to catch up to you.

Its going to require change but you have a Huge advantage in that you're used to gyms and training etc etc.

Its time to start the cardio, work on your core, run a marathon, get lean.

SBWife

Mack_1111 wrote: »

Tommy Boe who is 6'3" & built like a brick sh1t house doesn't weigh 16 stone!

15 stone and 1 lb - so not that far off!

COH

InTheTrees wrote: »

Just amateur advice but...

Eventually we grow older and the "specializations" of our youth (being "built" for a specific sport) are no longer possible.

20 stone and being built "like a boxer" isnt sustainable (you dont see any 20 stone 70 year olds) for your whole life and you're feeling the first aches and pains. At 25 its starting to catch up to you.

Its going to require change but you have a Huge advantage in that you're used to gyms and training etc etc.

Its time to start the cardio, work on your core, run a marathon, get lean.

Not so much amateur as just plain crap

25 isn't old. Maintaining an athletic physique in your 20s is quite possible. Start cardio?? Come on, the guy cant walk for 30 minutes and you're saying do a marathon??


OP - Get your back checked out, you need to know the exact problem, get a doctor that isn't a spa, replace spa with good physio or at least a doc that deals with athletes, get over yourself with regards to being a coke victim, you're a fully grown adult and are fully responsible for your own diet, get mobile in some places, stable in others (physio can help you here once the problems are found), get pain free, move more, get strong all over, then use your newly well fuelled mobile stable strong increasingly capable body to unlock the athlete hidden in your tummy

Kev M

SBWife wrote: »

15 stone and 1 lb - so not that far off!

13lb of lean body mass is a lot... especially for a guy who is already big and lean...

InTheTrees

COH wrote: »

Not so much amateur as just plain crap

25 isn't old. Maintaining an athletic physique in your 20s is quite possible. Start cardio?? Come on, the guy cant walk for 30 minutes and you're saying do a marathon??

Woa.

You're throwing out the word crap and yet you think 20 stone is an "athletic physique"?

It isnt.

"Crap" advice would be not telling him to lose the weight.

And if he's been sustaining that weight for a time and is now getting arthritis pain and back pain?

Yes, 25 is getting on for that kind of treatment to your body, You can sustain it in your teens and early twenties but it's going to catch up to you eventually.

COH

InTheTrees wrote: »

Woa.

You're throwing out the word crap and yet you think 20 stone is an "athletic physique"?

It isnt.

I didn't say it was, I said its very possible to have an athletic physique in your 20s (and well beyond).

"Crap" advice would be not telling him to lose the weight.

I didn't tell him not to. I told him how to.

And if he's been sustaining that weight for a time and is now getting arthritis pain and back pain?

Having a joint that clicks and doesnt cause any discomfort definately equates to arthritis then? The back pain may have nothing whatsoever to do with the excess bodyfat.

Yes, 25 is getting on for that kind of treatment to your body, You can sustain it in your teens and early twenties but it's going to catch up to you eventually.

Lets all give up at 25 then? Sound. what 'treatment' are you talking about here?

InTheTrees

COH wrote: »

Lets all give up at 25 then? Sound. what 'treatment' are you talking about here?

You're very argumentative.

Sustaining a weight of twenty stone is "treating" your body badly.

And why would getting into shape at twenty five be "giving up"?

InTheTrees

RiseToTheTop wrote: »

I am 25 years old and my Doctor said I could have arthirits in my left knee.

COH wrote:

Having a joint that clicks and doesnt cause any discomfort definately equates to arthritis then?

Er... its what his doctor said.

Did you even read his post?

Orando Broom

Mack_1111 wrote: »

To be a lean 16 stone 5'11" guy you'd need to be built like Cian Healey, (Lenster prop). That's not achieved by just lifting weights, it's intense training & serious diet management as well.

I'm not trying to have a go at you but I think you should be a bit more realistic with your expectations! Tommy Boe who is 6'3" & built like a brick sh1t house doesn't weigh 16 stone!

Tim Tebow is 6' 3" and is 17.5st. FYI!

Hanley

This thread is a f*cking disaster.

Mack_1111

SBWife wrote: »

15 stone and 1 lb - so not that far off!

13 Lbs of lean muscle IS that far off!

discus

Can we see pics of this 20stone athletic physique?

Orando Broom

Hanley wrote: »

This thread is a f*cking disaster.

Your post weighs 4oz.

Mellor

InTheTrees wrote: »

Sustaining a weight of twenty stone is "treating" your body badly.

And why would getting into shape at twenty five be "giving up"?

Where did anyone say that he should sustain it. i have no clue who you are talkign to.

How is he age even relevant. Nobody shoudl treat their body like that.

Orando Broom wrote: »

Tim Tebow is 6' 3" and is 17.5st. FYI!

How is that relevant.
He's a highly trained professional athlete, who needs a huge bulk to compete. The OP is 20 stone and lifted some weights a long time ago.

There is no chance you can be a lean 16stone person without being very physically active with a solid diet.

Jarren

Hanley wrote: »

This thread is a f*cking hilarious.

I fixed your post

Orando Broom

Mellor wrote: »

How is that relevant.
He's a highly trained professional athlete, who needs a huge bulk to compete. The OP is 20 stone and lifted some weights a long time ago.

There is no chance you can be a lean 16stone person without being very physically active with a solid diet.

I was just posting it in case the OP was Tim Tebow from the future and had come back to right a few wrongs after his 2012 move to the Jets never really worked out for him. Sorry Mellor.