Painful, restricted range of motion

[Deep_D]

Good day, I haven't posted here for sometime but am very impressed with how Rmax has grown particularly with regards to the joint mobility and ROM aspects, as I have become very interested in this subject. This leads me to to as for all you to offer your advice in this situation...

My mother was in a car accident 10years ago which resulted in a soft tissue injury in her lumbar region.. the specifics were not pinpointed and it was deemed as a injury in the general area. Now at this point in time she experiences considerably restricted ROM, nerve impingements, over compensation of her right side in the back, and every now and then her back "locks" on her, which causes pain, inflammation and undoes any progress she makes in fitness and day to day capabilities. At this point in time, the doctors still say its an ongoing soft tissue injury along with a developing arthritis on the L5/S1 region. With all this happening to her she is very optimistic but does tend to get frustrated as she on on indefinite sick days from work and cannot perform day to day activities comfortably. She does find massage therapy does work, but only as a temporary fix. This is where my predicament begins to assist her....

What are some recommendations that any of you can suggest, treatments, specialist for her to seek out and question, any programs of books we can look into. I'd appreciate any advice you can offer and at this point it is upsetting to see this ongoing frustration occuring with my mom and it would be nice to seek some advice that may actually deem effective and not a temp fix. I understand its difficult to really get an idea of the injury, but any suggestions will be much appreciated. and feel free to pm me if if you have any further questions.

Thanks in advance

[Deep_D]

Anyone??? coaches or anybody else, any suggestions.

[Coach Bentz]

undoes any progress she makes in fitness

Sounds like how a lot of us ended up here, actually. Doing what we were doing until we couldn't avoid getting hurt every 4-6 weeks.

You didn't mention what docs she's currently seeing. Good places to start if you're needing an opinion beyond an MD, see if you can track down a local athlete and ask them who they see. Could be a chiropractor, could be a physical therapist, maybe an osteopath, or a sports doc. You can get a recommendation from anybody,but an athlete will probably know the best ones.

If she's medically cleared for it, see if she'll consider doing Intuflow on a daily basis for the next two to four weeks. Get the doc's feedback on whether she should continue or take a break from her current fitness routine.

If she's responding to massage, and enjoys it, she may want to keep going. My experience as a bodyworker was that the best work I could do lasted only a few days or so if the client wasn't also doing some compensation work on their own. The combination of intuflow plus massage will accelerate the progress she makes with mobility work, and the mobility work will extend the benefits of the massage session.