Quote Originally Posted by apollo View Post
Dont forget to train your Transversus abdominis!
Do yoga- I swear to my penis it's a miracle back cure! Especially lower.
True- I use either the rotary torso machine or I do wood chops with cable apparatus for transverse, but my personal experience as I had broken my spine , had a fusion that the spinal muscles are of utmost importance- verified by the studies at New England Baptist that pioneered this type of procedure and PT for lower back injury. I rmember going to places closer to home with nmo succes as people in most PT places over emphasize the abdomnals and flexibility when in reality the spinal muscles are underused and off balance. Many of the guys I went through the program were competaive martial artsist and could do chinese splits from a supine position so flexibiltiy was not an issue. Athletes that have felxibility and strghtn do not need to waste their time doing these things - Its like when I go to a PT for my arm and they get me doing 5 pound wrist curls- Its a waste- so I just get the exercises and go do 45 pound DB wrist curls which is light but sufficient. The erectors and the muscles along the spin need more power NOT flexibility. They need to support and hold the spinal column directly