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Ultraflex Gym, Farsley or Normanton has tons of kit in. Monthly membership £25. We train at both. Rotherham is phenomenal but probs a bit too far for you.
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‘Hey jordan, i know you were doing strength training from your teenage years. I just saw a video from a doc saying that spinal loading exercise like dls,squats can stunt a teenagers height growth. Do you think you could get taller if you avoided these exercises or its truly genetic. (sorry if its off topicish) Thanks!’
At an early stage of your bodybuilding development you need to focus on the execution of your primary lifts, developing good motor patterns whilst using moderate loads. once you have your execution nailed so that every rep is identical, only then have you earned the right to add load…great question though.
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Absolute pleasure working with you Jordon.
Jordan presented with a number of issues at our appointment and using some deep tissue techniques and spinal manipulation we were able to get him into a better position functionally. The issue we have with elite level bodybuilders is that the therapy session often impacts their recovery and neural fatigue and as Jordan was on a deload week, we were careful not to smash his tissues up too much (I had sharpened my elbows especially for him ????).
The plan moving forwards, is to prescribe Jordan a mobility program, which is to be done daily, to work on some key areas we’ve identified when posing and through the daily practice of these mobility exercises along with a weekly treatment, I am confident this will make a tremendous difference to his presentation.
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Hi Nick,
I completely agree with Hilly, although as you age your discs will dry out and then the bulge or herniation will diminish. In the meantime try some hanging from a chin up bar, with wrist straps and your toes resting on a bench or plyo box (this will decompress the spinal segments). Do some McKenzie exercises. Floss your sciatic nerve daily. Much of the leg pain is because your nerve isn’t moving as your leg moves and the flossing will help to liberate it from the tight tissues that surround it. As hilly says, exercise selection is key, choose back supported machines (hack/leg press etc) and ensure that exercise execution is spot on…I prolapsed a disc about ten years ago deadlifting and following an uncomfortable three months, I have no back/leg pain, despite being a sports osteopath to some of the biggest guys and gals on the UK circuit. I never squat or deadlift now as i think you can build legs/back without them, look at Hillys quads and back ????MofO Body Mechanic Instagram: @mofobodymechanic
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Hi Mike
We offer a blood testing service using Youth Revisited laboratory. We’re working alongside Dr Dean to provide comprehensive support. Dr Dean has created a specialised athletes blood panel specifically designed for power athletes. He also offers follow-up support for you guys and I offer follow up support for female athletes.
We can arrange for you to visit our clinic in Leeds or send tests direct and use the mobile phlebotomy service.
If you take a look at our Instagram page, You’ll find more info…
Danielle.
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Hey Jeannie.
We’ve written a couple of posts on this subject on our Insta page. We’re also running a womens health seminar in Feb which may be of interest. We’ll be discussing menstrual cycle, AAS, fertility etc…
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I’d be more inclined to recommend an Osteopath. They’re so good I married one!
You dojt jeed to marry one tho! I’d had chronic issues since my first child was born. Suffered terribly for 10 years. House bound at times. Physios were average but did very little. Chiropractors made it worse. I tried many therapists. It’s my hubby that fixed it with a combo of hands on treatment & careful gym rehab. Also spent a lot of time rehabilitating my nervous system which had become overly sensitized.
He’s an absolute wizard with chronic issues. Where you based?
Danielle (Mrs Mofo)
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Short term unlikely to be problematic, longer term is something you probably need to address as the patellofemoral joint will degenerate over time.
If the clicking is due to maltracking, I’d recommend taping the knee before you squat (see link), see if that improves the clicking.
If it does, its likely there’s a mobilty issue at the hip which causes the femur to internally rotate which displaces the patella laterally.
To resolve this, some mobility work for your hip, soft tissue work around lateral quads and some strengthening for the VMO. Find yourself a decent therapist who can manage the above.
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Digestive enzymes with meals. I like Biotics Research Bio 6 Plus & Beta Plus. Take with all meals and snacks. Give it good week to 10 days then review.
Track foods that aggravate and avoid. May be increased volume and load on gut with cheats. Digestive support should resolve this. If food sensitivity, again identify aggravating foods and avoid. Fibre and prebiotics may aggravate symptoms in suseptible people. Some probiotics are also histamine producing in the gut and will aggravate rather than improve symptoms.
If no resolution with above. Consult suitably qualified professional. Gut issues can be incredibly complex.
Danielle RD.
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I agree Louis, self diagnosis is a mine field. Gp’s are unlikely to authorise scans for this condition, unless you are prepared to pay privately.
I’ve been a physio/osteopath for 28 years, a senior lecturer at a renowned sports university for 13 years, a national standard competitive athlete, and my wife and i have a large stable of athletes we work with including several IFBB pros. Does that qualify me as a professional ????????
My intention here is at first do no harm, so my advice is conservative and unlikely to exacerbate the condition as I’m responding to a question on a forum and not client facing.
But completely agree with your sentiment, training through an injury without the appropriate advice only ends up going badly…
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once able to contract isometric at full strength, then move to inner range isometric, then outer range isometric. once you can do those as a maximum isometric contraction then move into light isotonic movements, avoiding isolation movements in favour of light compound movements…then over next few weeks progressively overload back up to where you were…
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a pop usually signals a tear, and bruising is really dependent upon severity of that tear. the fact you can feel it when either stretching or contracting your pecs suggests it’s more than likely a pec tear but not rupture. how you look after this now really dictates how quickly it will recover, so I would suggest resting it for around 3-4 days, no stretching and deffo no cable flies. heat will increase local blood supply and BPC 157 will assist with healing. after this you need to start gentle stretching of your pec, staying short of actual pain as pain will probably mean you’re being too aggressive with the stretches and actually ‘re tearing those fragile muscle fibres. at this point you can also add in some sub max isometric contractions in a mid range position to help to maintain neuromuscular control. again pain free as much as poss…
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Sounds like a pec tendon tear mate. Pec tendon fixes to humerus under the front delt. Which is why you can feel it there.
Just heading into injury clinic for the walking wounded of the lifting world, so ill come back in more detail later bud. Aaron.MofO Body Mechanic Instagram: @mofobodymechanic
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Yeah it’s a rib mate. Rib sub luxation. Easy fix. Occurs due to increased intra abdominal and intra thoracic pressure. If your mid thoracic is stiff which it typically is in lifters. Your ribs have to find a solution to the lack of mobility via your ribs. I see these every day. One treatment fix. Like Dr Dean says, it’ll feel like its rubbing on a nerve though it’s unlikley because intercostal nerves run between ribs as do neurovascular bundles. However, it is typical for it to be very painful which is why it’d feel nervy.
Book in with an osteopath/chiropractor to get it manipulated. No need to rest mate once it’s been manipped. Aaron._________________________________________
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