re: Esteemed doctors of the OT

When mine kicks in, it’s usually because I’ve been pretty lazy. Early mobilization helps it go away a bit faster, but prevention is usually better than abortive therapy for me.

When I do simple, beginner yoga about 3 days a week as a cool down from workouts (cycling and rowing are my main ones. Finish with 10-30 minutes of yoga), I feel like a different human. I’ve got a good friend who’s a PT. When I first got into it, I told him if everyone did it regularly I wasn’t certain either of us could remain in business.

I had a back injury around age 16. Offered surgery (had a nerve impingement with concomitant weakness that never really responded well to PT. It’s not particularly limiting other than doing squats and running will usually flare it up (running can be tolerable if I start really slow, but when I build to about 12 miles a week, I usually can’t get over the hump. It wakes me up at night, and there’s just so many other good ways to get sweaty (which annoys me because I enjoy running)). I’ve never had surgery or invasive interventions. It was over half my life ago now.


Should be obvious, but stretching isn’t going to fix every case. There are a lot of reasons you should seek medical help from someone competent in MSK exams and treatments (some primary care (hit/miss), sports medicine, ortho, neurosurgery). But one of the first treatments with the best results is a core strengthening routine with a big focus on flexibility.