Physical Therapy General: Baneposting with the gf

Physical therapy general. Ask questions about aches, sprains, pains and strains, and I'll give you the best answers I can, circumstances permitting. If you have any questions about exercise technique, sports-related injuries, or just want a comfy place to post, you're welcome to join in.

Please remember that this is not a substitute for actual diagnostic or clinical contact with a clinician, and that ultimately you are responsible for your health. That being said, I will do the best I can with the problems you give me.

I'll be here for a few hours, then sleep.

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How i grow my peter pipe?

>How i grow my peter pipe?

Whisper "grow, grow, grow."

Wow you're really helpful

My left arm recently is starting to get all tingly while high bar squatting. any idea what might be going on?

>all tingly

can you go into more detail? Where's the tingliness, how long does it last, is it painful, etc?

i work as a bricklayer and am bending ass over tit allot in the day, sometimes my back is in agony in a muscular way not spinal, how do i protect my back long term from serious damage?

also i came off a motorbike 5 months ago and i still have a pain in my foot, if i step down a slope and am not braced it can burn up in pain but other times its fine, i can still go running on it perfectly well, also it clicks when i move it rigidly but my other foot doesnt

ive got this tightness in my back, when i flex i feel it kind of in my lat just below the left scapula, but when i tried to roll it out the sensation was more along the lines of my lower left trap/erector
now its only minimally painful in the mornings after a heavy workout the day before, but a few crunches fix it due to back rolling on the floor
normally i dont even feel it until i flex, and aside from a very rare case during bench press if i make too high an arch it isnt detrimental to any of my lifts
but i had this for quite a while and i tried rolling it on the floor, i tried rolling it with a tennis ball against a wall but while it does bring short term relief, the tightness still comes back, wat do ?

> how do i protect my back long term from serious damage

You're making a good start by looking into fitness - being active and staying strong are two effective means of minimising back injuries. At your work, you can practise spinal preservation strategies - minimise bending if you can, and if you need to, learn how to bend with your legs instead of through your spine - lift with your legs, not your back if you will.

At home, light stretching for fifteen minutes in the mornings and evenings can work wonders for muscular aches and pains. If you're interested, you can look up basic pilates (they're less of a meme than you might think) or speak to a personal trainer if you're willing to spend some green.

Other good activities include swimming, walking, and regular weightlifting at moderate intensity. It's kind of shit to say, but physical work needs extra physical work on the side for support.

>also i came off a motorbike 5 months ago and i still have a pain in my foot, if i step down a slope and am not braced it can burn up in pain but other times its fine, i can still go running on it perfectly well, also it clicks when i move it rigidly but my other foot doesnt

That sounds like a nerve injury that might have something to do with how the joint healed. Without performing an actual assessment, I can't make any judgements or recommendations. My advice for you in this case would be to speak to a doctor or PT and see if they can do a mobility, sensation, neurodynamic and joint assessment on that foot.

Back in November I accidentally got my wrist stuck between a barbell loaded to weight 260 and a safety on the squat rack. Hurt for a couple of weeks but after just 2 weeks I started lifting again. No issues, doctor confirmed.

2 weeks ago, I deadlifted 320x5. After the set my wrist felt a little weird but no issues otherwise. Last saturday after I set a 220x5 pr on bench. Since then my wrist felt like I've dislocated it or some shit. Popping upon moving, sometimes feels like some ligament is in the wrong spot or inflammed. I tried to bench yesterday but placing a load on my wrist in radial deviation hurt like shit. Overhead pressing is okay as long as I keep my wrists straight.

Should I stop lifting altogether and let it heal? I've already decided I won't be using straps anymore since it probably was the thing that triggered all this.

> wat do

I had this same pain a while back when I was squatting - there's an easy fix. Grab some resistance bands and do light shoulder movements - standing shoulder abduction, resisted shoulder flexion, rotation and end-range abduction with holds. It might seem counterintuitive to do pure shoulder work to rehab your scapulae, but by moving your shoulders symmetrically you'll force your scapulae to get their shit together.

>No issues, doctor confirmed.

Did he do a manual assessment or refer to radiology? Also, is that 260 pounds or KG?

>Should I stop lifting altogether and let it heal

I'd recommend you do that, and then scale back up to working weight gradually and conservatively, especially since this is in the acute phase.

Right now I can't give you a concrete recommendation because you're not in my rooms, but I'd recommend that if you don't get any relief, see a doctor or a walk-in PT

well seems i was approaching it from the wrong angle, treating symptoms rather than the cause, ill give those shoulder movements a try, thanks

It was a manual assessment I guess. He checked mobility in my wrists and asked if it hurt. I told him it feels like it's pulling a little and he said that's okay and I could lift again. All the weights were in pounds.

Thanks for your advice. I'll wait until the inflammation subsides. If it still hurts afterwards, I'll visit my doctor.

A question about squats. My hip flexors used to hurt a lot when I was doing Squats on SS. Once I started using a belt for squats it completely stopped and now I can lift even more weight then before beltless and still not aggravate my hip flexors. Was this due to weak abs?

NP dude. Just take it slow, listen to your muscles, be sensible.

Good man. I'd have preferred if he did radiology anyway because wrists are tricky things.

Hmm, this is interesting. Are you sure it was your hip flexors or something in the vicinity that might have been hurting? Even so, abdominal instability can be compensated for by recruiting other muscles, but it's not as simple as "weak abs" - it can be diaphragmatic as well as to do with the muscles in your pelvic floor.

I get some discomfort in my right front delt when pressing over head, seems to linger for a while afterward, but is fine by the next day. Seems to be less bad when i manage to keep the bar super close to my nose/face on the way down.

Anything I should be working on to mitigate this?

Sorry I'm late. It's almost as if it's falling asleep, no pain whatsoever. It starts almost mid set and the feeling goes away during my rest period.

>Anything I should be working on to mitigate this?

Proper overhead press technique relies upon you keeping the bar as close to your face as possible without it crashing down on your nose. The pain you're feeling is anterior delt compensation which might be causing maltracking in your shoulder joint, just from what you've said. Keep the bar close, deload, work on your technique, make it.

Sounds like neuropraxia. This is a situation where a structure is putting pressure on a nerve, and so the skin area that nerve serves becomes numb. This can have an effect on muscle contractility if the motor unit is impaired. My advice: stretches, neurodynamic exercise, and vary your squat position.

I hurt my left knee while squatting 1pl8 ,it felt like something like a tendon or a small muscle in the back left of my left knee was moving around and kind of popping whenever I passed a certain depth and got inflammated after a few squats ,also my knee felt weak as if it wanted to give out. I squatted the day it happened and the one after that because it wasn't a major pain but I stopped because I didn't want to injure myself.However I didn't really understand the injury so I thought that if I don't go below that depth it won't get worse so the next day I did more deadlifts to compensate for not doing squats ,after that both of my knees started to hurt and it was very hard to to put weight or lock out my left knee so for about a month I stopped doing any exercise for which I have to stand up or use my legs and they felt perfect for a few weeks, but two days ago I felt a very slight dull pain and the movement of a tendon in the middle front of my right knee and in the middle back if my left knee ,both different places from past injuries so I stopped squatting again.
My question is did I permanently damage my knees like a retard or do i just have poor form?

my winged scapula is making it hard for me to bench in a proper form and progress in weigh, what exercise do you recommend instead for decent chest development?
t.dyel

Best thing to fix a winged scapula is pushups. Do them for volume. If you're still experiencing this issue, speak to a physio because if your serratus muscle is working right, then it might be structural. No biggie, easily seen to.

Has the pain gotten better or worse since you stopped lifting?

It stops whenever I'm not putting a lot of weight on the knee like in DL and squats but when I'm doing OHP or just standing around I don't feel nothing.

Hmmm. Sounds like a protective muscle spasm. How long has it been since you stopped lifting?

I just realized I didn't write my first post correctly I stopped for a month got back to doing my normal workout without any problem and three weeks after that I got these weird
very small pains the one in the back of my left knee at the middle wich is feels sharp-ish kind of like what I had before but at a different place and one in the front of my knee below the kneecap wich is dull

I had an injury a while ago where my left knee hurt but the doctors could not find what was wrong with it so I just quit lifting for like almost a year. This was about 2-3 years ago and I have since gotten back in the gym a bit but my left leg is still noticeably smaller and weaker than the right. Yesterday I did some leg extensions at the gym and I noticed, to my horror, that my left quad has almost 0 strength in the last 5-10ยบ.
Also, I have this weird tightness in the right side of my lower back: it feels like my right erector gets worked a lot more during all lifts, and it's always tighter, more pumped and bigger.
Are both these things related? What should I do?

I've got a few questions.
I fell from a balcony three years ago and fucked my tail bone. Fast forward about three years and it is no longer just the tail bone, but seems to be a disk/sciatic issue. The thing is, it seems to feel better as long as I continue squatting and hex bar dead lifting. How serious is this? Should I have this checked out?
Another issue is my rotator cuff/elbow. The reason I put these together is because I'm sure they're related. I get a very mild pain in my elbow with pulling exercises, and have been dealing with shoulder issues off and on. I took a month off of serious upper body training and did rotator cuff exercises, hanging, and some other things and it feels better. What would be the best bang for my buck to get this fixed and keep it that way forever. Could I address both of my issues with the same specialist?

>tfw no qt gf in physical therapy

Based on the descriptions of your problems, I'd recommend you speak to a PT in real life. Your description of the problem is fine, my concern is the re-onset of pain, and the nature of that pain. In the interim, do light exercise and stretching to keep your mobility, minimise and avoid painful movements, and take care of yourself.

>Are both these things related?

It's possible. Weakness in one area of the body can be compensated for in other areas, though I'd say it's interesting that quadriceps weakness would be compensated by QL activation on the contralateral side. My guess here is that you've got an active insufficiency in your left leg quadriceps - you're simply not strong enough to move the leg through range. The solution for this is simple - you need to do a Quads over Fulcrum exercise:

roll up a towel, lie on your back on the floor, wedge the towel under your knee. Straighten your leg, squeeze your quad at the end. Like, clench it. For extra fun, do that same movement but sitting on a chair and without the towel.

Get yourself up to the point where you can work that leg and then get things up to symmetrical strength levels. If issues persist, see an IRL PT. Out of interest, how much weight were you using when you were doing the leg extensions?

>I fell from a balcony three years ago

I bet there's a story in this.

>How serious is this? Should I have this checked out?

Yep. Tailbone injuries have the potential to involve coccygeal nerves. You don't want issues with your coccygeal nerves.

>What would be the best bang for my buck to get this fixed and keep it that way forever.

Sounds like you're onto the solution - RC exercises and hanging without doing anything ridiculous. Sprinkle a few sets of RC exercises on upper body days and even leg days when you're squatting, and you should be good. If you want it fixed permanently, your best bet is to compensate now, do your exercises, and consider speaking to an IRL PT about it to get it checked out and documented.

>Could I address both of my issues with the same specialist?

Nope. You'll need to speak to your GP and get specific referrals for each.

Good luck, mate.

Have you ever been in the shoes of the guy in ?

Don't sleep with your patients, dude.

And don't worry - you can still score PT qts easy. My girl's not even in PT, she's in STEM immunology, honestly smarter than I am. I'm a lucky boy.

Once I did get to work with a Jewish fella who'd had a stroke and had half his brain removed. Couldn't move either of his legs or one of his arms, rail thin. We worked on him for a good bit to get him up to speed and walking, but even then it was dicey and we weren't working with much. Eventually he got to the point where he could go home - he was a lawyer and so was his wife so they could afford in-house care. They even offered to pay me a bonus rate to come around on the weekends, but it'd have been an ethical violation to do it.

Nice guy - he called me a mensch. Don't know what that means but he seemed happy to say it.

But no qt girls who were paralyzed from the waist down?

What are some exercises that help with JHS? My wrists are too shit to lift.

Unfortunately no.

You're in a bit of a spot here because the wrist joint is designed to be mobile. The bottom line is to minimise stretching and to maximise strengthening - grip exercises and holding exercises are good, anything that forces a contraction is even better. For an actual program, talk to either a PT, doctor, or sports doctor to get a proper assessment and exercise prescription.

That's just too bad.

Man, seeing shit like this makes me realise how lucky I am and how much I take my life for granted.


OP: I have pain on the top of my wrist. It comes and goes. Any pressure in a position that puts my hand at a 90 degree angle to my forearm creates pain that means I cannot do any lift involving that. A good example is the rack position, front squats, push ups, that sort of stuff.

I really want to be able to do oly lifts (front squats/rack position are vital for it). Is there anything I can do to relieve pain in my wrist, or should I seek medical help?

I'm going to guess you've tried stretching and mobilisations, yes?

>Out of interest, how much weight were you using when you were doing the leg extensions?
I can extend the leg fine under no external force, but with 10 kilos I couldn't really fully extend more than 8-10 reps.
I didn't test the good leg because I honestly hate leg extensions but I bet I could do at least 30kg 3x10.
My VM feels weird at the top of the rep, it's tingly and weakand it hurts a bit like as if I had DOMS. I wonder if it is a problem of activating it properly.

You're on the right track. Unfortunately I need to go to bed now but if this thread's up in the morning I will respond. If it isn't I'll hit you up in the next PTG

A few weeks ago I felt a sharp pain while warming up deadlift. Pain lasted throughout day, on left side of lower back, hurt when i bent at all. Next day there was no pain but a little stiffness. I tried squatting, felt fine warming up then on my working set I suddenly felt the pain again same location, dropped weight and quit. Again the pain left after a day, still little stiffness. Week later I tried to do a sitting military press with only a 50 lb warm up, same pain same location. Since then I've avoided all free weights, been working out on machines with no problems.
So what has happened to me? And what do I need to do now?

Alright, thank you.

yes, I have!

Is there an upper limit to the weight you can wrist curl without damaging your wrist? Are wrist curls bad in the long run?

I came in this thread to talk shit about PTs but this guy is mostly on point imo

APT fucking hurts. What's the quickest routine to get rid of it?

Also, do stomach vacuums actually work as an ab strengthening exercise.

Thanks for youor answers man

I'm pretty confused, I have a slight pain in my left elbow which is aggravated by pushing movements such as bench. Im sure it either tendonitis or tendonosis. What confuses me though is if i warm up my arms by doing pulling movements then move on to do bench there is little to no pain at all.

Could anyone shed some light on why this is?
thanks

>Ask questions about aches, sprains, pains and strains

after doing chinups, my elbows hurt.
how do i stop this?

Thanks a lot mate!

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I broke my wrist rather severely and needed a plate. The surgeon released my carpal tunnel because he said it was "so tight". Plate has since been removed (it got infected) and using it for lifting is no problem. I want to get back into Handstands and pressing my wrists flat on the ground, but am I going to hurt my wrist with a released carpal tunnel? I get the most pain in the circled area when I put weight on my hands on the floor.

I've gone and done strained my bicep tendon at the elbow, cant pull any kind of weight, any exercises to help recovery?

Last summer i was in a moutaining biking accident and fucked up my shoulder pretty bad going over the bars on a jump, went to physio for a while and it was all good but now when I workout I some some achey pain after pressing and low bar etc, all three ligaments were damaged in the crash if that helps, I was Lucky and just missed having to go through surgery to fix it, any recommendations to help this pain? And that shoulder is defiantly weaker and it's fucking with my WL

after deadlifting my cornhole was stinging and bleeding a bit, is this normal?

I either sprained or tore my ligament in my lower back three times now(every time I think I'm healed, I'm not).

How long does it take for a lower back ligament to heal and what can I do to help the healing process?

my lower back hurts after deadlifts, and the pain lasts for days, and I can sort of relieve it by standing up and making sure my hips are straight by flexing my glutes. to be more specific, the pain is just below the tailbone, I've been trying to fix my deadlift form for a while, but to no avail. this pain was also present back when I had a horrible butt wink, but deadlifts didnt trigger it
Also, should I get weightlifting shoes even if Im still dyel as fuck?

PLS RESPOND

Saw a sports doctor and PT about 10 months ago for a hip injury I sustained while playing soccer. The pain occurs basically deep to where my scrotum meets my leg. They diagnosed as a pulled groin and sent me on my merry way. However, 10 months later and I still feel pain from certain movements.

I am unable to do any movement that needs stability 'in the hole' ie squats and deads without debilitating pain. I can however perform leg press and SLDL with no pain at all. I can run in straight lines for miles, but if I play a sport that requires cutting, I have to take a week off. My question is, how would you make sense of this? After reading online I feel like I have a slight tear in one of the adductors.

Justification being that they really aren't used in a leg press performed in one plane, and definitely not used much in SLDL.

PT bro I've got some kind of intercostal neuralgia or inflammation, after a year of sitting a wierd way at my desk with my right arm out reaching over the desk and resting on the wrist, I got tightness and shortness of breath with pain in my right sternum connection to my ribs, it went away, but I do random things and it comes back every couple of months. I'll feel fine in the morning but my ribs tighten around 1-2 everyday and then relax from there, becoming fine by the evening.
Talked to doc and he said I could either take muscle relaxers which I refused or ibuprofen which I'm allergic too.
I just got it again after doing pullups and sitting wierdly, this time It doesn't hurt unless I fully breath in and then hunch over, but I can feel my rib muscles tighten when I try to do a normal belly breath.

Any exercise reccs? I'm doing supermans, and I notice that when I fully breath doing them the pain travels around to the same rib's connection with the spine and the meat under my right scapula without hurting on the front side where it does when I'm sitting

Weightlifting shoes are good. They'll help your form.

Sounds like you've got tight lower back muscles, most likely caused by APT. Here's a link on how to fix it: exrx.net/Kinesiology/Posture.html

3 weeks ago was warmining up to do a max deadlift (hoped to get a PB of 290kg) and I got to 220kg, I was fatigued from part time work (I do part time with removals, was carrying 300 boxes weighing 12kg each, stacked 3 at a time sometimes to the lorry, form was shit since I have never been trained and all I do is lift and work m y internship as a research assistant)

So got to 220kg and form went a bit shit, back curles, I got to m y knees with the bar and then pop noise, and I feel sharp sudden pain in my back and drop the weight. Couldn't walk at all for a while and struggled to sit, went away in a week + GH peptides and BPC, cometh this week, tried to deadlift 60kg to rehab and same thing happens. Not as bad, faster recovery but scared as shit to lift now and unsure how to rehab.

I've had an injury once before there, 6 years ago when I started lifting, it was when squatting too far forward with 100kg, when I was lifting for about 4 months so I was new. But nothing like this!

I want to go to a doctor but the waiting list for an MRI is ridiculous and I'll just leave it. I am mostly afraid of a hernia, but also suspect its probably a ligament tear or strain. whatdo

Alright I'm awake - lemme get some food in me and I'll answer some questions

Can a bulged disc get better not in fully recovering but as in not hurting anymore. It's been 11 months and I'm about to drive off a cliff

I always get a pain on the top of my knee when doing high bar trying to be more upright and tend to have my hips wanna shoot up first and stay more bent over, are my quads my weak point?

> Are wrist curls bad in the long run?

I don't believe that any exercise is bad in the long run so long as you do it properly and with respect to form. Depending on your own wrist mobility you're going to have more or less success with progression, but you should be okay. How much weight are you using presently, and what position are you using it in?

>APT fucking hurts. What's the quickest routine to get rid of it?

I've found this video pretty helpful - it's quick and concise and a good starting point. Ease into the stretches and don't push too hard if it's painful because you don't want to flare anything up.

youtube.com/watch?v=WpO5pgQwc5c

>do stomach vacuums actually work as an ab strengthening exercise.

Now this is interesting, because you have to think about the function of your abdominal wall. Your abdominal muscles can do a lot of things, from lateral flexion to trunk flexion and even helping with rotation. To my knowledge, stomach vacuums rely on contraction of the TA to compress the abdominal viscera to create a subthoracic hollow, which you see as the vacuum. Thus, vacuums might not aid with ab strength but they may help with development of a specific muscle.

To answer your question frankly, I've never considered it, but based on my understanding of anatomy and physiology I've made that inference.

PT bro pls help....I have somehow managed to fuck up some piece of meat between my knee and hip called an IT band.... I foam roll the piss out of it but its been three months and my knee still locks up and shit sucks. Wat do?

> is this normal?

Nope and it's not something I have the capacity to address over Veeky Forums. Your best bet is to ease off the diddlies and see a doctor.

Can you tell me anything more about the pain? What's your arm position, how many sets and reps, have you ever had a history of elbow pain, is it one arm or two arms, does it last, etc.

My left shoulder mobility is trash. Broke it and had surgery when I was a kid, never had the pt to recover well. My issue is lack of mobility and strong overhead position, I want to get into more complex barbell movements (snatch, jerk, etc.).

How can I fix?

I have this weird pain in my left knee. The pain is behind my knee to the left. It does not bother me when I lift but if I sit too long when I get up it aches for a little bit. It also kind of aches when I do a hamstring curl, but I wouldn't say it is painful. That knee also pops all the time. Recently I was doing handstands and fucked up when I tried to bail and landed like pic related. The ache started after this incident. help me master kenny.

>How can I fix

A regular stretching regimen and basic physical conditioning will be needed before you can capitalise on strength. You need to build up a strong foundation before you can build strength, or power, or whatever you might need.

I'd suggest with very very basic stretches first, and then do light resistance band work once you've got a better range of movement. This will be important when you consider the movement ranges needed for snatch, jerk, etc.

>Can a bulged disc get better not in fully recovering but as in not hurting anymore

If you're talking about pain relief, then it's difficult for me to answer that directly. Disc bulges present differently for different people, and we can only really diagnose them based on the trends that they follow and the behaviour of their symptoms.

My questions to you are:
- what cause the disc bulge?
- is it localised to your back or does it crop up anywhere else?
- what do you do for work, and does it aggravate the pain?
- is it worse in the AM or PM?
- is there anything you do to ease the discomfort?
- Are you still active, or have you had to take some time off?

In this case, the pain might be causing you to adopt a non-ideal movement pattern which is impairing your form. It might not be weakness in your quads, it could just as easily be a muscular or tendonous injury (indicated by the pain) which is inhibiting the muscle as a consequence of healing. I would advise you work on your knee and hip mobility and deload your squats to the point where you can complete them with good form - transition to machines if you need to.

Your priorities are:
- get your pain sorted
- maintain a good range of movement in your leg
- Load back up to baseline working weight. You can be as quick as you like, but err on the side of caution.

Now this is interesting - I've seen a few thoracic neuralgias but your presentation is interesting. I'd recommend working on your cervical spine, shoulder and scapulae and see how you go with that. The reason I suggest that is because of your most recent pain behaviour where it travels back to your spine and under your right scapula - this is called centralisation; it means the pain moves closer to the spine.

My advice to you is to continue bending over backwards as much as you can - lift your arms up over your head and then bend back like you're in the Matrix or something. Also work on the mobility of your thoracic spine - try rotations, side-bends, and bending backward.Try and minimise forward bending.

Combine your scapular/shoulder work with the spine exercises and see how you track. My hypothesis is that this is a muscular problem from a maladaptation to your posture. It should be addressable with prompt treatment, but if it persists then talk to a PT.

>how would you make sense of this

I'm thinking adductors too, probably a tear close to the pubic bone given that you said it was deep to your scrotum. I'm ruling out hip flexor pathology given that you can still run without symptom aggravation, and I'm ruling out a joint related issue because you're still working on presses and SLDL.

My advice would be to begin with gently stretching the adductors and focusing on getting a painfree range before moving to heavier weights. The danger is that because the injury is chronic, there's a likelihood that there might be scar tissue laid down or degenerative changes in the muscle that will take some work to relieve.

If it gets worse, or doesn't get better, speak to an IRL PT and see what you can do about it.

anybody?

Oh shit sorry I missed you.

Best answer is that by pulling before pushing, you're adding traction to the elbow joint which might be helping with the pain. Ideally, work on stretching with more traction by hanging and pulling, you should get some relief from your pushing symptoms.

Thank you!

I'm really fucki,ng worried about disk herniation and back injuries
I don't have a problem yet but they seem so common and it makes me nervous everytime I squat and deadlift

How common are they and how do I prevent them?

Pls respond

Sorry m8s I've got to step out of the house for a moment

Looking for a stretching routine to help my pelvic tilt and back/neck pain.

I'm doing reverse wrist curls over a bench with 7.5kg dumbells. How should my form look? Is there a weight I shouldn't go over?

Pls

Jesus christ, OP, please tell me you haven't finished school yet.
Your answers are pretty much just dropping some medical terms without any helpful insights.

> Why does my arm tingle?
> Cause of neuropraxia! I don't know how to fix it, but I sure am smart for knowing that word, r-right?

If you were an actual professional you wouldn't give out this retarded half-assed advice with so little background.

If you're in pain and you can't figure it out yourself, see a professional. Don't ask a random 20 year old that just finished his first semester.

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>Jesus christ, OP, please tell me you haven't finished school yet.

I've already answered this question previously, but I have some experience in hospital and clinical environments. I've worked specifically in strength-training and sports rehabilitation centers as well, so I have a little knowledge of this subject matter. I've also participated in research but it's in an unrelated field.

>Your answers are pretty much just dropping some medical terms without any helpful insights.

I believe I'm doing my best to present an accurate assessment of problems combined with a simple explanation. If I did nothing but spout jargon, it wouldn't help with anyone's problem because it'd bamboozle them with terminology that doesn't mean anything.

>Cause of neuropraxia! I don't know how to fix it, but I sure am smart for knowing that word, r-right?

I believe I offered simple advice for that problem; stretching, neurodynamic exercises which I have already discussed in the context of this thread, and variation of squat position. I made this assessment based on the information provided, which was:

1. "My left arm recently is starting to get all tingly while high bar squatting"
2. "It's almost as if it's falling asleep, no pain whatsoever. It starts almost mid set and the feeling goes away during my rest period."

These two statements give a general overview of the condition that the poster was experiencing - transient focal hyposthesia localised to the left arm. The usual red flags haven't been raised because there is a defined inciting factor (scapular positioning / shoulder positioning) and a defined easing factor (rest.) It's a simple explanation for a simple problem experienced by many people.

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>If you were an actual professional you wouldn't give out this retarded half-assed advice with so little background.

The amount of advice I am offering is similar to the advice offered by teleconferencing and assessments carried out online or by video. You can see evidence of that here:

physiotherapy.asn.au/DocumentsFolder/APAWCM/Resources/NationalPhysiotherapyServiceDescriptors_HR.pdf

Within the framework of the service descriptors, telerehabilitation services cover everything I've said before, but that's in a separate document saved on my desktop. What we're doing here is similar - asking questions and giving advice. The nature of telerehabilitation is also discussed within that document in a heuristic manner, if you're interested

>If you're in pain and you can't figure it out yourself, see a professional.

I refer you to the OP in which I state:

"Please remember that this is not a substitute for actual diagnostic or clinical contact with a clinician, and that ultimately you are responsible for your health"

I believe I've been forthright and sincere in the assistance, though limited, that I have offered. If you have any suggestions to make, you are more than welcome to offer advice alongside me. It would be good to speak to another PT, after all.

I apologise to the other posters, but I am going back to sleep. I checked the thread, and while I wasn't planning on responding, I believed it was necessary to do so in this context. I'll see you in the morning, sleep well.

Pls kenny

I have a pain in my lower left back and don't know what's causing it. I feel a sharp pain when I'm doing a heavy OHP or when i'm squatting with any weight

The wrists aren't meant to be used to move weight, they're naturally mostly used isometrically.
Instead of wrist curls, do hammer (biceps) curls.
When doing triceps extensions, use an underhand grip.
Do biceps and triceps exercises back-to-back.

I already do hammer curls but they don't really hit the forearm on the other side wich is what I use wrist curls for ,should I stop doing them (and if so what should I replace them with?) or should I up the weight?

what "other side" do you mean?
hammer curls should hit the outside of the forerarms hard.

I assumed you already do rows, pull-ups and deadlifts, which hit the inside of the forearms well.

best way to gain dorsiflexion? atm trying banded ankle distractions few times a week, and also seated calf raises slowly trying to get a stretch (i understand loaded stretching is more effective). I can't do bodyweight squats without oly shoes yet and want to be able to

I think I have like golfers elbow, when I od stuff like overhead press or bend over rows the inside of my lbow like hurts and i feel something rubbing against something. How fix?

do you do hammer curls?
stretched forearm muscles, triceps and biceps?

I had pain in my lower back/ass area, probably because I had buttwink, and went too low into squats. I now do high bar squats and don't go as deep, I also started stretching a bit, but I definitely feel some stiffness after deadlifting or squatting, but it mostly goes away within a few seconds. Should I still get it checked, or is it okay to keep doing what I'm doing, and slowly progress, paying extra attention to my form and core? (I'm still a dyel, my max dl currently 3x12 1pl8, max squat is 3x8 50kg, although I lifted heavier with 3x5s)

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