Leg pain (hamstring, calve) and often lower back pain

[alophysio]

HI,

DIfficult to say withouyt having examined you but i usually dn't prescribe painful exercises or stretches. From the set of exercises given, perhaps the first 2 are McKenzie extension exercises, the 3rd maybe a neural mobilisation exercise, the 4th a general rotation stretch/mobilisation, 5th a back stretch for the muscles at the back of the back (if you know what i mean!) and the last seems like a very intense hamstring stretch.

The above exercises seem ok but i really don't like the sound of the last one. Many better ways to do stretches and mobility exercises than both legs at the same time.

The main questions are...

...do you feel better for your attendance?

...do you have a decent understanding of your problem (a diagnosis)?

...does this diagnosis sound right to you? - in other words, did you sit there and go "yeah, that makes complete sense!"?

Good luck!

[Canuck Physio]

Lot's of work is needed, no one thing normally will get this done...

These are key areas needing work:

- Soft tissue
- Ergonomics (Gravity acts on us 24hrs/day - its your choice whether that is 24 hrs in good alignment or poor alignment -*NASA studies and bed rest studies show that bed rest ain't the solution).
- Muscle recruitment, balance, spasm etc. (based on the onset of injury it says that something was wrong before that point: in that muscles were not recruiting properly, and your muscles had to spasm and become inflamed to protect you).

Indeed referred symptoms will require much of the work around torso etc.