Keosawa's Powerlifting Log

[Jake Pudenz]

Babyeater's having an issue with her hamstring and/or IT band, and I wanted to show her that most lifters regularly deal with minor physical ailments.

I train the football coach's wife and she was having a hamstring issue that I solved with a little Voodoo Band magic today. They will cure AIDS, probably.

 

[Keosawa]

I train the football coach's wife and she was having a hamstring issue that I solved with a little Voodoo Band magic today. They will cure AIDS, probably.

I have a jump stretch compression band (same idea), and we're working on her hamstring with it. It's gotten a little better both times.

This band saved my butt when I was having tendinitis problems. I'm a definite believer; someday soon, I hope to get a pair of voodoo bands to see if there's any difference.

 

[calvus]

Slight groin pull on right leg from throwing (very common with throwers especially when you're an idiot like me & keep turning your hips without turning the feet on stones/shotput). Addressing it with foam rolling & some daily mobility work. And trying to learn how to throw correctly.

Occasional bicep tendon soreness. When it hurts, I'll wear an elbow sleeve.

 

[Keosawa]

 

[Babyeater]

yeah, babyeater/gimpy stepping in here to say that I've been a whiney little girl about this hamstring thing. Whatever the issue is, the pain is close to the IT band, but...it probably is the hamstring because I'm pretty sure that whatever's unhappy got torqued out a bit too much during glute-hams, and the hamstring just makes more sense.

I'm trying convince myself that a/ "real" athletes do deal with such things on a more regular basis than water-aerobics-practitioners (right, Keo?) and b/ I'm a "real" athlete (haven't yet totally bought into this one and it's a major component in my continued efforts to transition into serious powerlifting training mentally). Attitude I will attempt to adopt on the matter for the next few days: stuff heals, I'm pretty sure I can still squat and, hell, deadlift with this injury, so I need to shut up and deal with it.

 

[Jake Pudenz]

I have a jump stretch compression band (same idea), and we're working on her hamstring with it. It's gotten a little better both times.

This band saved my butt when I was having tendinitis problems. I'm a definite believer; someday soon, I hope to get a pair of voodoo bands to see if there's any difference.

I'll be down (I know I say this a lot but this is a sure thing) August 2/3-6th so we can jam then and I can work some Voodoo magic if you haven't invested in a pair of them yet.

 

[Keosawa]

so I need to shut up and deal with it.

Keep telling me how you feel: shutting up isn't going to make anyone's job any easier. There's a difference between whining and relaying objectively your status to me.

And you're not being whiny. As you can see, most of us have something to deal with--I'm hoping this will make you feel a little less doom-and-gloom about your current predicament.

 

[Jake Pudenz]

yeah, babyeater/gimpy stepping in here to say that I've been a whiney little girl about this hamstring thing. Whatever the issue is, the pain is close to the IT band, but...it probably is the hamstring because I'm pretty sure that whatever's unhappy got torqued out a bit too much during glute-hams, and the hamstring just makes more sense.

I'm trying convince myself that a/ "real" athletes do deal with such things on a more regular basis than water-aerobics-practitioners (right, Keo?) and b/ I'm a "real" athlete (haven't yet totally bought into this one and it's a major component in my continued efforts to transition into serious powerlifting training mentally). Attitude I will attempt to adopt on the matter for the next few days: stuff heals, I'm pretty sure I can still squat and, hell, deadlift with this injury, so I need to shut up and deal with it.

Read this.

Training With Pain, It's Such A Happy Thing by Matt Foreman - Catalyst Athletics Blog

 

[Keosawa]

I'll be down (I know I say this a lot but this is a sure thing) August 2/3-6th so we can jam then and I can work some Voodoo magic if you haven't invested in a pair of them yet.

Very cool. I should be here. I'll make sure to be hurting somewhere for the occasion.

 

[miaou]

If readers of my log would be willing to, please list whatever aches/pains/injuries you currently have, as well as how you're managing them. I know this is an odd request, but it'd be very helpful for me. And if you're 100% healthy, you can say that too.

Lol, not even touching this!



Jake, could you provide some more info on that voodoo thing?

Is it basically the same thing as the compression bands from the MWOD videos?

 

[Babyeater]

Read this.

Training With Pain, It's Such A Happy Thing by Matt Foreman - Catalyst Athletics Blog

Thanks for this. My mind is more the thing I need a little bit of working on here, not so much my body. Anxiety all over the place, such articles help with that.

Very cool. I should be here. I'll make sure to be hurting somewhere for the occasion.

Me too!

And Keo, yeah, I get dour. Not helping me or anyone else (certainly not you).

 

[Tosa]

Babyeater's having an issue with her hamstring and/or IT band, and I wanted to show her that most lifters regularly deal with minor physical ailments.

I think everyone over a certain age, not just lifters, regularly deals with minor physical ailments. Or maybe I just know achey people.

 

[Jake Pudenz]

Lol, not even touching this!



Jake, could you provide some more info on that voodoo thing?

Is it basically the same thing as the compression bands from the MWOD videos?

It is exactly that. The "Voodoo Band" is just K-Star's brand. He has a couple of videos out for them and I know Donnie Thompson does, as well, but if you have good working knowledge of human anatomy and movement (which you do), you can find a million uses for them.

 

[Jester]

Slight tendinitis in my left elbow, minor knee pain in my right knee that comes a lot less than it goes now that I don't high bar squat. Some back pain in my lower back from non lifting things, getting better by the day.

All these are just simple "use" issues. If I'm good with my form and am choosy about my exercise selection they dont bother me. Foam roll and SMR to help them out

Then I also have my toe, which unfortunately was taken 200 pounds off my total. The only treatment I have is time unfortunately

 

[miaou]

It is exactly that. The "Voodoo Band" is just K-Star's brand. He has a couple of videos out for them and I know Donnie Thompson does, as well, but if you have good working knowledge of human anatomy and movement (which you do), you can find a million uses for them.

I've seen several of his videos with compression bands in the past. At some point I looked into getting one just to try it, but I couldn't find one at the time (jumpstretch didn't sell them anymore, or was out of stock or something).

Is this at all evidence-based, or is there an actual proposed physiological principle for it? Or is it simply that, anecdotally, for whatever reason, it just seems to work? An obvious concern could be short-term pain-relief as opposed to an actual physiological effect on the damaged tissues (which, in some cases, could end up doing more harm than good).

 

[Jake Pudenz]

I would have to go back and re-watch some of his compression videos to give you the exact physiological reasons that he gives. For me, though, a lot of it is anecdotal evidence. "Does it feel better, the same or worse than before?" "Better." "Sweet."

Do I think part of it is just short-term pain relief? Yeah, but it is huge relief. I am currently squatting heavy 6 days a week and my knees were shot for awhile but after I started using the Voodoo Bands, I was like a new man.

 

[miaou]

^ Was that just the quad and/or patella tendon that was acting up, or was it patellofemoral pain?

 

[Jake Pudenz]

It was quad and patellar tendon pain.

 

[WitchCraft]

Tinyfreak/Babyeater...I'm sorry to hear about your hamstring.

I have had multiple injuries; especially to my lower body. IT band syndrome, pinched sciatic nerve, herniated discs, torn ligaments in my knees and other aches and pains that I don't even know why they exist.

Most of my injuries are from my years of training jiu jitsu but heavy lifting has also not been the easiest on my body. Take your rehab seriously and listen to your body.

I hope that comforts you and doesn't scare you!

 

[Babyeater]

Tinyfreak/Babyeater...I'm sorry to hear about your hamstring.

I have had multiple injuries; especially to my lower body. IT band syndrome, pinched sciatic nerve, herniated discs, torn ligaments in my knees and other aches and pains that I don't even know why they exist.

Most of my injuries are from my years of training jiu jitsu but heavy lifting has also not been the easiest on my body. Take your rehab seriously and listen to your body.

I hope that comforts you and doesn't scare you!

Your log has suggested the existence of these injuries you mention; it sounds like you eventually work through them and move on/manage them, and that's fantastic. I'm feeling particularly worried/frustrated with this hamstring issue largely because this first meet is coming up soon. I guess in the grand scheme of things it's not a huge deal all around, but I really want my first meet to go as well as possible (that doesn't mean totaling high, just hitting my attempts and not screwing anything up too much). So, yeah. Bleh.