Random questions to which you seek an answer
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About 4½ years ago, I had a catastrophic quad-tendon rupture on my right leg. The accident, surgery, and early recovery were by far the most painful experience I’ve ever had but what surprised me was how badly it wrecked my lower back. For months, and honestly the first couple of years, I had to rehab not just my knee and quad, but my entire back from the lumbar area all the way up. Even the way I slept while favoring the injury was putting constant strain on my lower back.
One of the biggest breakthroughs for me came from discovering the Knees Over Toes Guy protocols. It’s not a “lower back program” per se, but it all ties together. Strengthening the knees, quads, hips, and posterior chain restores proper gait mechanics, which takes pressure off the spine. The single most helpful exercise for me has been backward sled work. I do it in the gym, and I even have a wheeled sled at home. The backward walking builds VMO strength, knee stability, and balanced leg drive and when your legs are doing their job, your lower back doesn’t have to overcompensate.
Long story short: rehabbing the knee without addressing the way your body moves as a whole is incomplete. Fixing the chain below the spine is what ultimately fixed the pain above it.
Just my experience with lower back pain not saying it’s right for everybody…
@selveldgesteps
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@Giles said in Random questions
to which you seek an answer:I have never had an arse
I guess this explains why the 666 is so fitted.
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@northsouthdenimguy said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
posterior chain
^ this
Also, to throw in another youtube recommendation, specifically for stretching/stretches, is livingleggings. Personally, I appreciate how she approaches everything and presents it with many options to help those that arent built like her.
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I will say no agitator.
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My wife is insisting on a top loader due to the smaller space of our laundry room. Leaving the door open all the time on a front loader to dry it out when not in use is something she says is a must to prevent mold, and that would cramp the space even more. I've learned when she has her mind set on a detail like this it's best to let her have it how she prefers.
In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...
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@sabergirl does it have an agitator? Our current top loader came with out house too...but it has no agitator. It also does a horrible job and leaves soapy residue on our clothes.
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I kinda dislike front loaders just because of how little water they use for cleaning really heavy items like IH jeans or UHFs. There have been a couple of times my jeans have come out with visible dirt dried on the outside of them if I didnt aggressively pre-soak and rinse before putting them in the washer.
I think they make top loaders with a minimal agitator these days?
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@Mizmazzle our home came with a front loader and was mold ridden. We replaced all of the gasketing and did a deep clean. Now we make sure to leave the door cracked + wipe down the gasket after each use. It will usually dry out within a day or two and stayed cracked. May not be ideal but it does beat having the door wide open all the time. We also have a small laundry cove.
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We have a front loader (always have, top loaders are as rare as rocking horse shit in the UK). Have zero protocol for how we leave the door; open, shut, cracked, whatever, and we have never had a problem with mould....
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@Giles said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
as rare as rocking horse shit
The day is young, but this is the funniest thing i've heard so far today!
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@Mizmazzle the agitator is the thing in the middle, right? If so, then yes
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@Giles said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
We have a front loader (always have, top loaders are as rare as rocking horse shit in the UK). Have zero protocol for how we leave the door; open, shut, cracked, whatever, and we have never had a problem with mould....
Miele, front loader, always, probably the last true bastion in german engineering
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@northsouthdenimguy seconding this. I had my knee ripped apart in a jiu jitsu match and knees over toes helped tremendously.
He has a back ability zero book that I use also. I did the online coaching thing for a month and wasn’t worth it to me. There are plenty of videos online of how to do the exercises.
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Front loader, always on a 30 or 40 degree wash, no issues with things not coming out clean.
The door is shut most of the time and no mould in there.
