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by ha470 2787 days ago
I had upper and lower back pain (and RSI in my forearms) for years with tons of physical therapy, meds, and acupuncture to fix, but nothing stuck. Eventually what fixed it all was eating healthy, lifting, and now CrossFit. I know this is an unsatisfying answer and I don’t know what you’re doing atm, but for me having a generally healthier and fitter body pretty much fixed all my chronic pain issues.
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> I don’t know what you’re doing atm

I'm doing weighted exercises for the posterior muscle chain(back, glutes, and hips), I'm skipping working out the anterior muscles(chest, shoulders, biceps) until I get rid of this back pain issue.

> lifting, and now CrossFit

I've seen a lot of people fixed their backs by lifting, I'm giving it a try today,

I know nothing about lifting other than bench presses and dead lifts,

I'm thinking about starting with deadlifts at first until I have a good posture, and then start doing both deadlifts and benchpresses.

Do you think its a good route that I'm taking?

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