Case
20 Jul 2004, 09:55 AM
Just a quick suggestion before I get into it, but if the proposed seperating of this forum does occur, then perhaps it'd be an idea to run an injury section whereby threads can be devoted to specific bodyparts that suffer in soccer. Although the "knee injury" thread would perhaps be sickening, it'd still be helpful...
Just an idea for the likes of Jc18star and the mods.
So, as I mentioned previously, I have experienced muscular spasms/tightening/painful immobilaty in my lower back occassionally whilst playing, and it'd seem im not alone. My injury is not serious, but can be very tedious as limits my movement in a game.
I mentioned that my gym has "inversion therapy", and whilst I am still unable to review this (as haven't tried it yet), I had my initial back-assessment this morning and found some things that may be of interest.
The assessment itself is basically an instructor going through a range of movements with you, and it surprised me how many of these were legs rather than back. It's obvious now I've thought about it, but the lower-lumbar is very much affected by ones hamstrings and gluteals, hence the relevance to soccer.
I have very good ab-strength (which reliueves pressure from the back) and am in good shape, so kinda didn't expect this in itself to actually be the CAUSE of the problem. When I trained to be a lifeguard, I was surprised when told that my years or football would hamper my swimming, and the same is true of my back.
Apparently, the nature of soccer lends to the development of very rigid, powerful muscles around the hip. As good as this sounds to me, apparently this makes them overly tight and inflexible, putting strain on the lower back.
So one thing advised to me is stretches that help give more flexibility around the hip, taking pressure off the back.
One particularly good one shown to me can be performed sitting down (the best form of exercise!). Basically, take one foot and place it one the other legs knee (ie right ankle on left knee), pointing (right) knee away from body (making a kinda figure 4). Then gently apply pressure downwards on your right knee for 20 seconds. This should be noticeable in your right hamstring near the hip. If u can feel this, then probably u need to do this, as the more u can feel it, the less used to the flexion the muscle is.
Obviously do this with both legs. Im told to do this 3 times a day, and in a week we'll see how my flexibility has improved.
I'll keep y'all posted on my inversion experiences!
Laterz
Just an idea for the likes of Jc18star and the mods.
So, as I mentioned previously, I have experienced muscular spasms/tightening/painful immobilaty in my lower back occassionally whilst playing, and it'd seem im not alone. My injury is not serious, but can be very tedious as limits my movement in a game.
I mentioned that my gym has "inversion therapy", and whilst I am still unable to review this (as haven't tried it yet), I had my initial back-assessment this morning and found some things that may be of interest.
The assessment itself is basically an instructor going through a range of movements with you, and it surprised me how many of these were legs rather than back. It's obvious now I've thought about it, but the lower-lumbar is very much affected by ones hamstrings and gluteals, hence the relevance to soccer.
I have very good ab-strength (which reliueves pressure from the back) and am in good shape, so kinda didn't expect this in itself to actually be the CAUSE of the problem. When I trained to be a lifeguard, I was surprised when told that my years or football would hamper my swimming, and the same is true of my back.
Apparently, the nature of soccer lends to the development of very rigid, powerful muscles around the hip. As good as this sounds to me, apparently this makes them overly tight and inflexible, putting strain on the lower back.
So one thing advised to me is stretches that help give more flexibility around the hip, taking pressure off the back.
One particularly good one shown to me can be performed sitting down (the best form of exercise!). Basically, take one foot and place it one the other legs knee (ie right ankle on left knee), pointing (right) knee away from body (making a kinda figure 4). Then gently apply pressure downwards on your right knee for 20 seconds. This should be noticeable in your right hamstring near the hip. If u can feel this, then probably u need to do this, as the more u can feel it, the less used to the flexion the muscle is.
Obviously do this with both legs. Im told to do this 3 times a day, and in a week we'll see how my flexibility has improved.
I'll keep y'all posted on my inversion experiences!
Laterz