rebeccmeister | Movement Therapy [status]

Here's a framework for addressing low back pain associated with rowing. While I'm currently mostly experiencing hip discomfort rather than low back pain per se, much of what this article contains still pertains to thinking about and management of the situation.

At this point I think the biggest contributing factor to my troubles was the simultaneous introduction of multiple high hip-strain exercises to my strength training routine. Most particularly, I'm giving Romanian Deadlifts the side-eye. It probably hasn't helped that I've then done other strenuous activities almost immediately after the strength training. So I'm going to back off from those, and do some alternative movements instead for a while, working on building up the coordinated muscle movement pattern BEFORE adding much/any load.

For instance, this morning I was able to complete a series of "banded good mornings," without issue, which also involve a hip hinge movement, but with a more limited and gentler range of motion, and in general today I'm feeling far better than I felt yesterday or the day before.

And so, moving on. As one must.