Lifting Injuries
How To Alleviate Lifting-Related Pain Naturally, Effectively And Maintain Your Workout Routine!
One day you’re out on your usual run, or you’re in the gym doing a set, and then all of a sudden you get hit with what feels like a lightning bolt of pain. You think to yourself, “Oh man, this really hurts, but I’m sure it’ll feel better by tomorrow.”
You go to bed later that night, only to wake up the next morning, but the pain is still there. It continues to bug you for several weeks, and now you can barely lift without experiencing the pain.
Naturally, you go to the doctor’s office and they tell you to ice it and rest, and to stop weightlifting because it’s “bad for your body,” and they might even give you some anti-inflammatories and pain medication. Even though you don’t want to stop lifting, you do it because it’s what they recommended.
Eventually you start to feel a little better, so you feel like you’re ready to start training and lifting again. Unfortunately, once you start to get back into it, the pain suddenly starts again, and you’re left frustrated and unsure of what to do.
This Is The Vicious Cycle Many Lifters Find Themselves In.
You’re in a lot of pain so you see a healthcare provider and take their advice to rest it and stop training, and you start to feel better. Unfortunately, that also means you lose strength, muscle mass, conditioning etc., and you haven’t actually done anything to truly resolve what’s going on in your body. You’re just avoiding the issue.
Once it starts to feel better, you start working out again, only for the pain to return, and the cycle starts all over again. This is something that so many of our clients have experienced before they have come to see us.
How Are We Different?
What our clients find is that when they come to see us, they actually get a personalized plan that helps get them feeling better and stronger at the same time. Because of this, when their pain is resolved and they return to their normal training, they are able to do so without their pain coming back.
If You’re Currently Living With A Lifting Injury, Here’s 7 More Reasons Why It Could Be Lasting Longer Than It Should:
- You thought it would go away on it’s own – but it didn’t.
- You went to the doctor who told you to rest and take painkillers – but the pills did nothing to help you, and as soon as they wore off, the pain struck again.
- A family member, or friend, told you that everybody gets pain with weightlifting, and that you’re just going to have to deal with it.
- You tried other Healthcare Professionals, or a Physical Therapist in the past, but nothing they said or did seemed to help.
- You tried YouTube exercises but they either didn’t do a thing, or made your pain ten times worse.
- You thought it would be a good idea to rest because your pain was so bad, but all that did was make it feel even more stiff and tight.
- You decided to get a few “massages” hoping that would fix the pain, but all they did was feel nice and relaxing, but didn’t do anything to fix it long term.
If any of these have happened to you – we would love to help you by inviting you to book a call to talk with our low back specialist to find out what can be done to help you.
The fact that you’ve tried any or all of these things already is actually a GOOD THING because when you know what doesn’t work – you are closer to finding the thing that does!
Click the link below to book a call with us if you would like to get some solid advice given to you over the phone. The phone call is complimentary and there is no obligation to book any appointments with us after the call is over. Our goal is to help you make the right decision about what to do next.
"What can I do to quickly heal my lifting injury?"...
Well, here’s 4 things you can do:
- First off, you need to make a decision about getting help: So many people procrastinate for so long, thinking that they pain will ‘just go away with time’, but then 6 months down the line they’re still putting up with it, and nothing’s changed…or it gets worse.
- Next, do the RIGHT exercises: One of the best things to help you ease your pain is to do the right series of progressed exercises – the right exercises given to you by a Physical Therapist will help reduce pain, and allow you to move freely again quick – and make sure that the problems don’t come back anytime soon (or aggravate your pain even more like some exercises do).
- Avoid just resting and waiting for it to feel better: You see a healthcare provider and take their advice to just rest it and stop training, and you start to feel better. Unfortunately, that also means you lose strength, muscle mass, conditioning etc., and you haven’t actually done anything to truly resolve what’s going on in your body. You’re just avoiding the issue, and when you return to lifting, it’s likely the pain will just come back again.
- Get real, “hands-on” Physical Therapy: Physical therapy is proven to help people with lifting injuries. In fact at Diverge Performance & Physical Therapy it’s one of the most common injuries we see. If your pain is affecting your ability to keep active, if it threatens your ability to stay fit or gets in the way of spending quality time with family and friends – Physical therapy can help get you back to living the life you deserve as quickly as possible.
Note: This Free Total Body Diagnostic session is something that we offer to people who are very nervous or skeptical about Physical Therapy – unsure of its benefits or if it is right for them. If that sounds like you, then please start with a Free Total Body Diagnostic session so that we can work with you to find out what is wrong and what can be done – without any risk on your part.
Why is it free?
We only take on clients we are 100% certain we can help. This Free assessment will give you the answers you’ve been looking for and give us confidence that it’s something we can actually help you with.
So the next question is:
“How Can Choosing to See A Physical Therapist at Diverge Performance & Physical Therapy Help You Get Rid Of Your Lifting Injury - In The Next Few Days?”
These are just a few things that our Physical Therapy Team can do to help you.
- Swiftly alleviate pain and stiffness, often within a couple of sessions.
- Identify the root cause of your issue and develop a personalized plan to relieve pain, allowing you to return to the gym and engage in activities you love.
- Improve your sleep quality and boost your energy levels, as pain can often disrupt peaceful nights and drain your vitality.
- Reduce reliance on painkillers, promoting long-term health and wellness.
- Help you avoid surgery and painful injections by addressing the underlying problem through targeted therapy.
- Minimize visits to the doctor's office and the need for additional medication.
- Restore the enjoyment of quality time that pain has taken away with family and friends.
Our most successful clients are those who are driven and eager to reclaim their active way of life, even if they currently feel stuck.
You don’t have to give up the activities you love due to issues that can be resolved.
Let’s schedule a time to discuss how you can regain your sense of self once more.