Quote Originally Posted by gcoe View Post
You may be prone to joint pain - some people are.



AS this is a chronic problem I think you would be wasting your money going to someone such as a chiropractor for manipulation. There is absolutely no evidence that manipulation helps in the long term - may be for short term episodes - even then it depends on the person.

It sounds like you have lost mobility in the arching movement of your back and possibly too much movement in bending movements. However that is just based on what you describe and this could well be wrong.

Thinking about strengthening may in theory be a good idea but you may have problems with muscle imbalance - that is one group of muscles are too weak or too flexible and the opposing group is too strong or too shortened. These sorts of muscle imbalances promote abnormal wear on your joints tendons and ligaments. Yoga, pole dancing and Pilates can in theory be good but sometimes these can actually be detrimental if the wrong muscles are getting strengthened or stretched.

I would suggest you get some help from a physio who takes a "Movement Impairment Syndrome" approach - Shirley Sahrmann is the lady who invented this approach and many physios around the world may practice this approach. It involves a detailed assessment of your posture and movement, diagonosing imbalances and faulty movement patterns and prescribing specific exercises. This is approach addresses things in the long term so you don't always get immediate relief - however usually start to feel better after a few weeks of diligent exercise.

Alternatively you could consider trying a somatic education approach. Both the Feldenkrais method or the Alexander Method may help with the latter showing evidence for helping chronic low back pain. these methods are gentle, and subtle but are more educative than therapeutic. They teach you how to use your body better through specific types of improvement in body awareness.

I would definitely get some help rather than soldiering on with these different types of exercise regimes, particularly as you aren't really feeling better form practising them
Additional Comment I forgot:
You may be prone to joint pain - some people are.



AS this is a chronic problem I think you would be wasting your money going to someone such as a chiropractor for manipulation. There is absolutely no evidence that manipulation helps in the long term - may be for short term episodes - even then it depends on the person.

It sounds like you have lost mobility in the arching movement of your back and possibly too much movement in bending movements. However that is just based on what you describe and this could well be wrong.

Thinking about strengthening may in theory be a good idea but you may have to problems with muscle imbalance - that is one group of muscles are too weak or too flexible and the opposing group is too strong or too shortened. These sorts of muscle imbalances promote abnormal wear on your joints tendons and ligaments. Yoga, pole dancing and Pilates can in theory be good but sometimes these can actually be detrimental if the wrong muscles are getting strengthened or stretched.

I would suggest you get some help from a physio who takes a "Movement Impairment Syndrome" - Shirley Sahrmann is the lady who invented this approach and many physios around the world may practice this approach. It involves a detailed assessment of your posture and movement, diagonosing imbalances and faulty movement patterns and prescribing specific exercises. This is approach addresses things in the long term so you don't always get immediate relief - however usually start to feel better after a few weeks of diligent exercise.

Alternatively you could consider trying are somatic education approach. Both the Feldenkrais method or the Alexander Method may help with the latter showing evidence for helping chronic low back pain. these methods are gentle, and subtle but are more educative than therapeutic. They teach you how to use your body better through specific types of improvement in body awareness.

I would definitely get some help rather than soldiering on with these different types of exercise regimes, particularly as you aren't really feeling better form practising them. All three approaches I have suggested are wholistic in nature so may look at all the problems you are having.

oh, i also forgot to mention that i do have joint pain more often than not the times that i do realise that there is pain... (sounds strange but if you get used to a certain amount of pain every day, i only tend to notice it when it beyond what i'm normally used to)

another factor that may come into question is hereditory issues. my younger cousin has arthritis in and on every single bone / joint in her body and she's one or two years younger than me. hands, knees, back, etc. even her jaw. her back feels like a solid piece of bone just with a few bumps on here or there. i'm not sure what type of arthritis she has but i know its not osteoarthritis. research i've done has also not indicated to me that arthritis is genetic but also not too sure of this fact either.