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circusgirl
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...apprently I don't have a torn lat, I have a spasm in my lower traps. Seemingly, this one is a stabiliser and wasn't strong enough to keep everything in place during heavy DLs, and so it got strained. Now the muscle is in spasm and is also making my spine stiff at that piont, making me vulnerable to further injury and repeat strains.
I had a problem for over a year with backache across the top of my back when sitting at my desk, and eventually I fixed the posture problem that was causing it, BUT, it seems, I never strengthened the muscle weakness that resulted from sitting wrong for months and the scapula has a tendency to stick WAY out, and this was the weakest link, so it strained on the DLs.
Now, I need to remember to keep my shoulders down and back at all times, including when I get back into deadlifting in a few months or so.
She gave me some exercises to strengthen that muscle, the rotator cuffs and the back stabilisers in general, I aleady have a swiss ball and stretch band, which is what I need to do the exercises. And I need to go back again next week for some more spine manipulation stuff to make it less stiff.
Anyway, I'm glad it's not a torn lat.
I had a problem for over a year with backache across the top of my back when sitting at my desk, and eventually I fixed the posture problem that was causing it, BUT, it seems, I never strengthened the muscle weakness that resulted from sitting wrong for months and the scapula has a tendency to stick WAY out, and this was the weakest link, so it strained on the DLs.
Now, I need to remember to keep my shoulders down and back at all times, including when I get back into deadlifting in a few months or so.
She gave me some exercises to strengthen that muscle, the rotator cuffs and the back stabilisers in general, I aleady have a swiss ball and stretch band, which is what I need to do the exercises. And I need to go back again next week for some more spine manipulation stuff to make it less stiff.
Anyway, I'm glad it's not a torn lat.
