Back injuries / water temp

Bro sandblasta!

Sorry to hear... that's really a bummer...

I have back problems. Here is my suggestion and what I have learned (the hard way) when I end up injuring my back:

First- if it's muscular- it takes A LONG time to heal. And it's better to let it heal correctly and take your time then rushing it. I mean- it could be a month or so... try to be patient lol

Second- daily- in the morning - 10 min on the heating pad. It works wonders. After that- (light) stretching helps. (Yoga stretches that work your back and core). Try not to sit all day- or more then an hour. Get up and move around. Walk. If it's still within a week of injury- use ice around dinner time.

Third- when you start to feel better- start doing some core workouts (without heavy weighs). I like the kind of exercises that use your own body weight. Probably the worst thing you can do is go to the gym and continue your regular heavy weight lifting... sorry no bench presses at Belmar

If it's really bad during the day at work- you can buy a cheap back brace at Walgreens or where ever- just get the white elastic one, not the black on with extra support.

I have found that you can surf during back injuries but you have to take it easy - paddle slower and don't do as many snap moves... I usually would ride a bigger board as well so it's easier to paddle and drop in etc...

Hope you get better soon- just take it slow!!

Thanks for inquiring with the Swellinfo forum DR service.

 

This is my fav stretch- you will not feel it in your back- but in your inner/back of your thigh of the foot that is pointing forward. It stretches the lower back muscles that attach the lower back to the butt/leg...

https://www.google.com/amp/m.wikihow.com/Do-the-Triangle-Pose-in-Yoga?amp=1

 

That's a good one^^^

My favorite is a variation of this....
https://www.google.com/search?q=yog...B&biw=360&bih=560&dpr=3#imgrc=v-jB-4j2mIVvYM:

Front leg is positioned just like in that picture, back leg is in the same L shape as the front but the front of your back shin is in line with the bottom of the front foot. Onda making the top left corner of a swastika with your legs. Then you lean over the front knee, don't got to completely lay over it like in the picture. Just lean towards the front knee/thigh. Can hit it at different angles to really get the most out of the stretch for your body and ability.

You feel the stretch really good right in the ass check/extremely lower back. The same area all my PT stretches hit, but allot deeper. Couple that with a hip stretch and my back is good to go

 

I've effed up my back a few times...but there's so many ways to get pain back there and so many levels of possible damage, you should really see a doctor if it hurts bad or, depending on your wreck, you suspect something worse than average.

The good news is there's lots of blood supply in that area, so it'll probably will heal...eventually (that is, if nothing is out of alignment). I herniated a disk or two snowboarding and the pain went away on it's own...took about two years, but I don't even notice it anymore and it never really kept me from popping up on my surfboard.

One time I played guitar while sitting on the edge of my bed at a weird angle and the muscles and vertebrae got so tweaked, I couldn't surf for almost 6 months. What ended up fixing it is I spread two chairs about 3 feet apart, back to back, and used them like dip exercises at the gym...only I just hung there and let my back decompress (same as inversion therapy...but without the inversion). Doing that once or twice a day for about a month got me back surfing normal. You could probably just hang from a pull-up bar, too.