Quote: (06-14-2014 04:33 AM)Prophylaxis Wrote:
Quote: (06-13-2014 08:48 PM)nomansland Wrote:
Quote: (04-07-2014 03:06 AM)Prophylaxis Wrote:
Here's a basic vid on how to get into the position
Do you have any thoughts on cold vs hot showers?
I have been going to a physiotherapist and doing a lot of exercises while maintaining my back posture as shown in that video. After a while, I started getting serious knots in my back.
The physiotherapist said to take hot showers after workouts. There is a lot of talk here and elsewhere about cold showers so I used to do that. Would it be okay if I just did contrast showers?
Hey nomansland,
While contrast showers do help with reducing DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) and heat can help with muscle spasm, they won't address the cause of the problems.
When you say 'knots' what exactly do you mean? Do you mean tight muscles, aches, pain in between the shoulder blade or lower back?
After what specific exercises do you experience the knots?
What stretches are you performing for the thoracic/middle back area?
By knots, I mean one specific knot type thing, like a muscle tightness that needs massage, maybe the size of a penny, about two inches down from the left end of my neck. If you recall from before, I sprained my right shoulder.
I have been doing exercises to improve my back posture, something called wall angels, also another one where I have my hands stratched out away from me on opposite ends with a weight in each hand, and then bringing up my hands by bending at the elbow.
I also sprained my wrist, if you recall from my earlier post. I have progressed on to doing pushups.
The physiotherapist gave me the green light to do certain other exercises, like lat pull downs, bicep curls, tricep extensions, as long as I am able to maintain that posture (from your video) throughout the exercise.
The knot happens sometimes when I make a serious effort to squeeze my shoulder blades together. Also, when I do tricep extensions. Also, when I rows using a bicep curl machine.