After my lower back injury from a gym accident years ago, I figured rest and physical therapy would get me back on track. It did—at first. But weirdly, the more I moved, the tighter everything felt. I couldn’t twist, bend, or even sit for long without that nagging pull deep in my back. What no…
Back pain and sports—those two things don’t exactly sound like they belong in the same sentence, right? Yet here I am, someone who loves their morning runs and weekend soccer games, navigating the very real frustration of sports-related back injuries. One wrong twist on the field or overdoing it at the gym, and boom—your lower…
It started with a jolt I wasn’t expecting. One moment I was sitting at a red light, sipping my coffee and mentally planning the day ahead, the next—bam—a car hit me from behind. The impact didn’t seem massive, but by that evening, I couldn’t twist, bend, or even sit without that deep, gnawing pain in…