Best thing you can do is work with a physical therapist to rebuild core and back strength. Massage and chiropractic can feel great - and can be helpful - but unless it’s coupled with proper strength training, it will always be “there, you feel good now right? Okay, come back twice a week for the rest of your life”.

Speaking from experience 🫡 

 Sage wisdom. i had the same experience. Core and back strength needs to be built, or if you are already built and strong you will need to find and fix imbalances that are causing the issue.  

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 Co-signing this. It’s not your back that needs adjusting, it’s your body demanding strength. Read starting strength 

 Come to the Toronto meetup this week and I’ll give you a crash course. I’ve been there. 

 I’m going to agree with core strength here. I’ve got scoliosis and long history of back issues. Core strength is important. You could try finding a pilates studio and go once or twice a week. My wife is an instructor and have watched her rehabilitate people in a few months from not leaving their apartment to going out dancing 

 Define back issues as well. Lower back? Rhomboids?? I’ve had em all for 25 years on and off so may be able to give some tips 

 My back keeps getting thrown out where I'm basically paralyzed for a few days, seems like lower back/hams/,glutes problem  

 What makes it better? What makes it worse? Have you gotten imaging/ history of surgery or anything like that?

Most chiros I know are dumdums 

 Low squat and hold for a minute. Feet a little open. That should remove the tension a bit. Look up stretching excercises for soas muscles. When it feels hams up to back, it’s commonly soas needs stretching. A good physio or osteopath (if not in North America as they don’t have them there) can help with a good stretch. It’s extremely overlooked muscle. Definitely high chance if you sit at computer a lot 

 I T band rubbed out with a rolling pin is good for knees, hams, soas.  

 Can you elaborate? 

 Try lying supine with your hips and knees supported at 90° so they can relax without a stretch that may signal nerves to tighten more.  

 Probably weak SI joints 

 It’s incredible how much benefit comes from simply strengthening the muscles that are intended to carry our bodies around.

Ease into it. Start with small, simple exercises (e.g. holding a “quarter-crunch” at max a 15-20 degree angle off the floor) just to activate the muscles and get them to wake up and reengage. At the risk of sounding like the “one simple trick” guy, it’s truly astounding the amount of relief this can offer (at least for lower back stuff) in real-time, and with benefits that carry forward through the day. 

 Bro are you foam rolling ? Can you touch your toes? If not did you get an X-ray?  

 Find a nice Thai lady. 

Get her to walk on your back, using the toes to hit the right joints and points.

You'll need to do this several times AND endure the pain of the release.  

Trust me on this. 

 Chiro is useless. I've been 3 times and it's only resolves pain for like 2 to 3 weeks then your back again. 

One massage from the right skilled therapist and you'll say to yourself "why didn't I just do this first". 

She's got to go deep too, readjust the spine and stuff with her toes.  

 A deep tissue thai massage made me cry almost once  

 I went yesterday.  

She walked on my calf muscles.  

Bro childhood pains came back 😢  

 Honestly,  I swapped going out to drink with getting a 90 min Thai massage like twice a week. 

Is this what getting old feels like?  

 Chiro is a scam invented by a con man but back walkers have permanently crippled people as well. 

 welcome to the club... what i found the most important by a mile is where and what you use to sit or lay down regularly ... your work chair, sofa, bed etc anywhere you spend more than 30 minutes a day on a regular basis... looking into that and finding better options when needed will get rid of 99% of your back problems 

 If low back...start with stretching Hip Flexors

If mid back....try Dead Hangs and foam roller

If upper back/neck...see Chiro 

 Get an insanely good mattress. Like 5000$ 

 No chiropractors, just regular breaks and exercise👌we need to move to various vectors - means, we need to do as many different things and positions as possible 

 Sun salutations every morning it will stop happening

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 Do you have pain at a specific part or do you wanna get rid of back pain in general? 

 Put muscles that are contracting into a stretch position that can be comfortable long term.
For me this is lying down. 
For lower back, I will lie on my side and assume the curled up position with knees close to chest.
In this position the muscle will try to contract as usual but now the muscle will face considerable resistance to pulling due to being in the stretched position.
After some time the muscle will run out of available energy and will slowly release.
This may have to happen several times before the muscle memory is lost and the muscle stops pulling long term. 

 Chiropractors are quacks. At least the one I went to is, who bent me double and ruptured the already slipped disc in my back that meant an emergency operation to stop me being paralysed from the waist down. I know that doesn’t help you right now but back problems can make you desperate for any help. I tried everything until I eventually paid to see a specialist neurosurgeon. He was the guy who did the operation and made my back better than ever. Hope you find a good solution. Back pain sucks. 

 As a fellow back issue enthusiast I would say there is no answer in medical professionals I have done it all. Ask what exercises and mobility work are you doing, is it enough? Is it focused on your problem areas/muscles? This will solve most of it. Then how much are you sitting?  The how much are you walking? Go sign up for something like knees over toes guy (ATG) and do his basic routine every day you will feel better (there are many others his is just accessible and distilled to very useful movements) 

 My kinesiologist, former chiropractor, wrote a book - https://www.theprotocolforhealth.com/ It may be helpful to you.  

 Walk more consistently 

 Hello! Physical therapist here. What and where are your back issues? Describe the pain and is it in a single location, shooting down your leg or in a band across your back? 

 Lower back basically completely disabled, thrown out back, can't rotate without very severe pain, happening more and more frequently 

Lots of tightness in glutes 

 If you can lay on your stomach with a pillow under your hips, you may get some relief and once relaxed, your back may “unlock”. Without being able to do a physical assessment I can’t really give you much more actionable advice. Try to normalize movement and deep breathing. Often the muscle tightness is your body bracing against a disfunction so if you can move as normally as possible the automatic bracing may be reduced allowing your vertebrae to return to normal positioning. 

 Thanks I'll try