Session Sit In: Low Back Pain, Post-Op Spinal Fusion

Welcome back to the Recovery Lab!!! I had a lot of requests for some more Low Back Pain videos, so here you go!

Enter Matt, 23 years old who enjoys Golf and Olympic Lifting, was crushed by severe low back pain for years. He ended up going the surgical route after unsuccessful shots at traditional physical therapy, acupuncture, rest, you name it...

So he had his L5 - S1 Vertebrae fused, and after 7 months of PT, still had some lingering issues, and still was not back to where he wanted to be. After our first eval, him and I both knew there was a lot of work to do! But after about another 4 months of consistent manual therapy, graston, and corrective exercise...Matt is back in the gym and on the links....he still has his flare ups, but is doing tremendously better after we addressed some underlying mobility and postural concerns. He and I both know he is still a work in progress, but he is well on his way to achieving his goals and living and moving a pain free life!

In this video, I demonstrate some deep hip flexor release, Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Release, Glute release, as well as some focused graston over his SI Joint and surrounding ligaments.

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