About 2~3 weeks ago, this happened.
I was very close to sending my first V6~7, so I got a little bit too excited and attempted
the climb more times than I usually would.
At the moment I felt okay, but when I left the gym, my body started to cool down and
I started to feel pain on my lower back.
Then I wasn't able to stand up straight.
I knew right away it was because of the repeated falls on the stiff bouldering mats.
I used to jump down from a climb when there used to be softer mats in my gym.
I remember on the first day when they changed the mats into the current stiffer ones, I
felt the same kind of lower back pain, though lighter, due to the same pattern of jumping
down to finish a climb.
From that day on, I have down climbed all the way to avoid any jumping on the stiff
mats.
However, that doesn't really solve the problem because there are going to be climbs where
the crux is at the top like this one, so inevitably I will need to be able to fall on that height.
Additionally, I have seen a lot of people jumping down from the wall all the time onto
the stiff mats and it doesn't seem to cause any problems for them, so I decided to reach
out to people in my network to consult them.
These people include doctors, fitness coaches and yoga instructors, and here is what I learned
that works for me.
The best medical treatment for this kind of lower back pain is conservative management,
which is short for avoiding bed rest and keeping active, but avoiding strenuous activities.
Here are the exercises I did to keep active.
There are two yoga moves that I learned to stretch the lower back very nicely.
The first one is child's pose, and the second one is happy baby pose.
You probably won't feel anything if your back is okay, but you will feel a huge relief
from these poses when your back is in pain.
I also learned that the lower back absorbs all the impact from the fall because other
parts of muscles that are supposed to be used are weak, especially the glutes.
Here are two glute workouts I learned that can really work the glute muscles.
Most importantly they are doable even when you have lower back pain.
The first one is the glute bridge, which works the back of glute muscles, and the second
one is the side leg raises, which works the side of the glute muscles.
At the same time I also climbed lightly on the V0s and V1s to work out my entire body.
Another thing I will constantly try is to stand straight.
Doing so with lower back pain, you will have to squeeze the glute muscles and the upper
back really hard, which means they will get very tight and sore.
Therefore, you can use the foam roller to massage these muscles with these two kinds
of moves, the back release and the gluteus release.
Caution, don't foam roll the lower back; otherwise, the pain will get worse.
My lower back completely recovered after I did all these for 5 days, which, honestly,
was a lot faster than I imagined.
I thought it would take at least 10 days or so.
I went back immediately to work on the same V6~7 because my gym was going to take it down
soon.
Usually I would be conservative but there was time pressure.
In the end I didn't make it, which is pretty sad, but the good thing is that I fell multiple
times but my lower back felt totally fine.
From now on, I am going to incorporate the glute training exercises into my training
routine, and I highly recommend you guys do it, too.
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