JM Coaching

14/12/2020

WHY ARE YOU IN PAIN?

There is always an underlying reason for your back pain, and more and more people are realising that in order to be successful you must 'treat the person not the injury'

You see typically, many 'specialists' traditionally in the medical field would always look to treat a specific tissue or part of your spine. This method is flawed as it does not attempt to treat the person. By that I mean, find out why it happened then treat the cause.

The goal is look at the bigger picture. Assess how the individual moves and see if there are any issue with strength and stability.

You will bet there will be.

Once you have found this you must reverse-engineer the process in order to solve the root of the problem.

By doing this you will find that that person is more likely to overcome their injury a lot faster and most likely not experience it again as they have treated the underlying problem.

This is a much more effective and optimal method rather than 'looking at the MRI'. Knowing that someone has a disc bulge on their MRI does not necessarily tell me why there are in pain, nor does it inform me as to what the problem was in the first place.

Research has shown that it is very common to see 'abnormal findings' such as a disc bulge through traditional imaging (MRI) in people who are completely pain free. For example, one research study looked at the backs of pain free 20 year olds and found that 30% showed disc bulges on an MRI scan.

If this post was useful to you and you want me to do another one on 'how to screen your lower back pain' by assessing movement and stability then please like this post and or comment below.

13/11/2020

The banded press up

This exercise is a great variation which allows you to take some load off whilst you build up to a full body weight press up.

There are many ways you can achieve this e.g hands elevated and as you get stronger slowly lower the platform until you can perform one on the ground.

This variation allows you to practice them on the ground which gives you increased specificity and I’ve also found quicker progression to a full one.

You can add as many bands as you feel necessary for your ability and as you get stronger remove 1 at a time.

Aim for 3x10 with perfect form before you make it harder.

Here is my client smashing it! Making huge progress in all of her training and nutrition.

Although the gyms are closed there are many ways you can manipulate your training in order to achieve results.

Outdoor sessions currently available for people of all abilities whether you are a beginner or high performance athlete.

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28/10/2020

Why are you in pain?

To totally rid yourself of any back pain, you must overcome the first obstacle that the majority of people fail to even acknowledge.

That is WHY are you in pain?

There is always a reason behind pain. Pain is your nervous systems way of telling you that something is not right.

What happens if you ignore it? well I think you already know the answer to that.

There is always an underlying cause for your pain and the first step to overcoming it is realising what your problem is as every individual is unique.

Not even necessarily HOW it happened, more so WHY it happened?

Back when I injured myself it happened when I was back squatting a heavy weight. I suddenly experienced that "oh s**t" moment when I knew I fu**ed up.

Was it the heavy weight that led me to herniate my disc? No, it was the way I was moving with the heavy weight. I had to understand that I did not require the sufficient mobility or strength in the right areas to be able to perform the movement safely enough at that intensity.

So I go back to my earlier point, you must understand why it happened not just look at how it happened. Did you have that "oh s**t" moment or was your onset over time?

Either way, the process to overcoming it will almost always be the same.

19/10/2020

Got back pain? Try this exercise!

If you see that message then you need to stop reading straight away.

You see, your body is very similar to a car, if the time chain goes, then it can cause instability with the engines valves causing the car to breakdown at any moment.

Cause and effect.

But the problem is that unlike the clear correlation between the time chain and the engine valves, the body is a lot more complex than that.

If you have back pain (effect) there will always be a cause and this could be trauma or weakness and instability in the surrounding joints and muscles.

Just like the car, you realise the problem (effect) and find the cause and treat it. You would take your car to the mechanic to fix the time chain (cause) thus solving the problem of unstable timing of the valves and potentially breaking down (effect).

If you have back pain, find out why (cause) lack of mobility, stability and strength. Once you know why then you simply work on that to remove the pain (effect). Providing you know how to do this.

The problem most people have is finding the cause before the effect. The pain is your nervous systems way of warning you. That is normally the moment people come to the realisation something is not right or "they fu**ed up"

As I said, your body is very complex.

Treat the cause not the effect.
James

17/10/2020

Does anyone suffer with lower back pain but aren't quite sure why?

Thats your first problem,

you must understand why you are in pain and find out where it is stemming from because almost all of the time it does not originate from your back.

It is usually down to weakness, instability and lack of mobility in the surrounding joints and muscles.

I've got a training video that will educate you on the true issues as to why you are experiencing pain so hit me up in the comments if you want it

Have a covid free weekend

08/04/2020

Got to improvise during these tough times. Never missed the gym so much.

35kg tree stump 5x10

29/09/2019

Quick drop set at 70kg from the other day.

04/06/2019

The age of the sit up is over

04/03/2019

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02/03/2019

01/03/2019

What a transformation from my client Liz!

Liz came to me with low body confidence and not really knowing how to train and get the best results. At the time she suffered from hip pain and back pain post pregnancy so I designed a strength & conditioning program for her which eradicated her pain, made her stronger than she's ever been, and also lost over a stone and a half in the process. 💪

Massive well done!

01/03/2019

Cathryn Jakobson Ramin’s back pain started when she was 16, on the day she flew off her horse and landed on her right hip. For the next four decades, Ramin says her back pain was like a small rodent nibbling at the base of her spine. The aching left her bedridden on some days and made it difficult to work, run a household, and raise her two boys. [ 5,224 more words ]

  Cathryn Jakobson Ramin’s back pain started when she was 16, on the day she flew off her horse and landed on her right hip. For the next four decades, Ramin says her back pain was like a smal…