Originally Posted by
76now
I have had training injuries at odd times. The first was at age 17, when my left knee became painful after sitting in the lotus posture for over an hour and a half. That injury flares up at times.
About 8 years ago, it came back suddenly, so i couldn't do a deep squat or a squat snatch because of the pain. To get around it i did hi rep heavy quarter squats, front and back, & split lifts with my good leg forward. It cleared up after about 6 months or so.
Another time a National level coach designed a program for me. The first night i so badly injured my back, i couldn't lift for the best part of a year.
i had always been a back sleeper, but had such bad sciatic pain that i had to sleep on my stomach. have never been able to go back to back sleeping.
While i remained injured, i went to the gym & practiced lifts & exercises sitting in a chair. I could also do tricep pressdowns, because that stretched the spine & didn't put pressure on it. And i could do 1 leg leg presses and calf raises with my good leg.
Had chiro & it cleared up after many months.
Also had a shoulder injury, which again stopped me from squat snatching, but i could do the split because the catch didn't hurt. That cleared up after a time also.
Then a couple of years ago, i hurt my shoulder again, trying the BP after not having done it for 10 years. So now it is P.O.B. time for me.
That's about it for injuries.
In my training, i stretch daily - spine every which way, shoulders with dislocates, etc, hip flexors with deep lunge. because i do them every day, i have become very flexible & impress the young ones at the non-lifting gym i have to use.
I take care to regulate my training to what i can recover from & improve in my twice a week gym visits.