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recovering from back injuries 18-Oct-2010 At 6:05:18 PM oweng

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As has been said earlier, you will almost certainly need to keep yourself fit and your core strong, and need to manage you back for the rest of your life.

The challenge in this is to find a way of doing this that is fun. That way you will keep doing the exercise you need, and not fall into the cycle of 'gee my back feels good, I cant be bothered doing my exercises this week, oh crap ive hurt my back again'.

Through trial and painful error, ive found that if I can do 2 sessions of steep bouldering or steep route climbing a week, and stay physically fit, my core stay strong enough for my back to give me no real problems. If I have an injury and cant climb, in about 6 weeks my back will be rooted.

I find the formal strengthening exercises I was given by the physio boring as hell (various fitball exercises). They work, but the only time I do them now is if I cant climb (to stop the otherwise inevitable back soreness).

So I guess my advice would be try a few things that keep your core strong, to find something that you look forward to doing. It might be yoga classes, or pilates, or climbing, or something else.

If you can find something that works that you enjoy, you will do it, and hopefully your back will not hold you back too much.