08/20/2022
Tension over position is my bread and butter. What does it feel like? Where do you feel it? Why do you feel it there?
This gentleman came in complaining about pain when back squatting. So we squatted, quickly we could see why it aggravated his previous back pain. Is something wrong with his back? Maybe, but odds are the amount of shearing force on the lumbar spine is doing it. Good chance nothing is wrong with his back other than poor distribution of tension.
So what do we do, adapt (see picture 2). Once we found his obliques, created a more neutral spine and loading the big muscles, tension distribution is better and pain goes away.