Yoga my friend! Did wonders for my back!
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Yessir, time to hire landscapers!
@Rogue Iāll have to look into that. I can barely move some days.
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I second the yoga. I had lower back pain for 8 years. Docs told me to get used to a life on ibuprofen. I did yoga a few times and felt better quickly. I donāt go anymore, but I use the same stretches at home.
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Yoga is like sports but doesnāt feel like sports. Itās like passive sport. Improves blood circulation a great deal as well, improves the flow in lymphatic system, etc, so many benefits!
Just start off gently and with the most simple poses, itās a funny feeling, itās not really painful but it feels more like a great release of tension. Itās quite intense in the beginning but itās a kind of soothing intensity. Like yawning but with your entire body.
Cats and dogs do it too by instinct, thatās how they stay so agile.
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I havenāt gotten into yoga yet, need to, but Iāve got a chiropractor who works wonders, love that guy. In my experience good hash is good for back and muscle pain. Get after it homie! BOM!
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Sure, but in the end chiropractor and hash are temporary bandaids, yoga is more empowering and makes you more independent and strengthens your muscles, and itās free! 
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Oh 100% couldnāt agree more, like I said I gotta jump in someday myself, but in the meantime the Chiro and hash plug the holes in the ship rather nicely 
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Dude, if you can bare the heat I recommend bikram/hot yoga. Just when you feel like you are going to die, they give you an ice cold lavender scented towel to cool off. You come out of the studio reborn! Itās pretty fucking amazing! I had a bad snowboarding accident and busted up my knee pretty good. Hot yoga helped to heal that area of my knee within a few sessions.
The Sun Salutations is a good beginners place to start with yoga. Few easy postures to do with the suns rise and fall everyday. Keeps you limber, so you donāt shrivel up! Stretching is super crucial!
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Damn Crunch, I took you for more of a goat yoga kind of guy, haha. Just kidding obviously but I have heard great things about hot yoga although have never tried it myself.
Definitely this for sure! When we do yoga, Sun Salutations is definitely always how we start (although itās not always at sunrise or sunset, haha), follow that up with some Warrior poses and you are off to the races.
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Iām not sure that I could handle that heat! But yea man Iāve got a back injury from snowboarding in college. I try to stretch regularly, just havenāt really tried yoga beyond a few poses, I should look into some kind of beginner course
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Thanks @Rogue ! Iāve tried stretches from video a few times and I feel like I need to go to a class so an instructor can show me the right way at least once so Iām doing things right and not making things worse, I need to just bite the bullet already
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Yes, I agree, yoga for the win. But there are many misconceptions about yoga. It can be intimidating with all the tuff posesā¦etcā¦
I have learned, I really only need 3 or 4 of the most simple stretches to aid my ails.
Twisted upside down farting dog, is not my thing. Keep it simple, it is truly liberating .
Take a class or two, then just do your fav poses at home 
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Yea thatās kinda how I figured Iād do it, take a class learn stuff right and then just continue in at home
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Before this thread gets back on track Iām going to offer something that isnāt yoga:
https://painacademy.net/
When I started working as a massage therapist, my body got fucked up in a hurry. At the time there was a 3 month trial for this program, I did it every day, and within a few weeks I was feeling way better.
It isnāt stretching, and itās not a workout, itās pure postural and musculoskeletal rebalancing, and it is extremely effective (I recommend it to most of my clients) for people who have experienced long term physical pain.
Edit: the price is pretty steep, but itās also a lifetime membership with a lot of live engagement
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are my threads ever on track?? 
going to have to look into that, sounds interesting!
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Awesome thread @BeagleZ! Glad I found it! 
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Glad youāre here bud! Welcome to the Cabana!!
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Looking good! Mine are in jars now doing the burping game. Had a couple samples so far but nothing to report yet. Well see how the next two weeks go.
Back pain sucks. I deal with it. And I really want to get out of my line of work but havenāt found anything worth jumping ship for yet. My advice I give people is to find out what positions make the pain show up, and avoid getting into those situations. Keep your back straight, good posture and donāt stay in the same position for more than 30 mins.
Going on walks in the neighborhood or nature really helped me the most. That and trying to keep good posture. I also sit slouched and shoulders rolling over which Iām trying to correct. Getting old sucks!! At least we have legal weed now to help out
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Iām also hanging out for you to start the KNF thread again 
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