hey all,
its never been a problem before but all of a sudden my sides and lower back hurt when i do kicks, its a sort of sharp pain at the bottom of my ribs on each side, im going to see a doctor about it but i was wondering if anyone has come across this before or if there are any exercises you could recomend

thanks

Yeah when I first started training, from white belt to around green belt I had alot of back problems. Physio, Tai Chi and finally a chiropractice to get the thing sorted out! Looking back from a personal perspective it was, what I believe my body getting used to new forms of movement. Basically they were not up to scratch and my core strength (i.e. stomach etc were weak).

My advice would be to go see the doctor and tell him how its affecting your mobility and that the pain is bad. (When your a young guy they just fob back pain off!!) Hopefully you can get an assessment from a trained physiotherapist and see what the problem is and research like hell what exercises you can incorporate into your training to reduce and eventually stop the pain.


Although my back is alot better now, I still get pain occasionally particularly after an explosive kick session.

But dont worry, it will be ok!

cheers pete, ive managed to convince my mother its bad enough to see a doctor so ill see how that goes. as for the core exercises, well ive been meaning to work on my core strength so now i have more reason to focus on that, ill keep you posted on how i get on

yeah go get that checked out, im gonna get my left leg checked out, its f'ed cant throw any kicks with it for some reason
always better to get things checked rather than let it be (just in case its worse than u think)

Cpt Jagger how are you? Have not seen you at training for a while. Whats wrong with the leg?

Hey ther, one of my students has been teachin TKD for years, he's had the same problem with his back.

his was to do with the fact that kicking produces a lot of stress on the back mussles, traditonally martial arts would be taken up by the young that did not have developed mussles, so as they trained they would develop the musscles from an early age, as the body gets odler the mussles are harder to train as they are &quot;set in their ways&quot; as such! i would sugges some core mussle training for the back! i.e. plank, leaning on a SB with a straight back, leg pull ups.<br><br>Post edited by: WT North, at: 2007/10/07 06:13

thanks for the response wt north, any explanations about those exercises you stated would be much appreciated!

pete, ive had a look at that article and have tried some of the exercises mentioned and i think there working

i would sugges some core mussle training for the back! i.e. plank, leaning on a SB with a straight back

ok the plank: lie on the floor, support yourself with your elbows and get into a press up position, just hold for as long as possible.

sb= stability ball also called fit ball, put your lest on the sb and keeping a very straight back do press ups, or just hold position on SB

thanks mate, i shall try these along with some others i have picked up from people.

cheers

Hey, I posted a little topic about martial arts combining with Yoga. There is a book aimed at improving techniques for martial arts via yoga, especially for help with kicks. I'll try get the name of it and get back to you about, it may help.

[Peace]

The three best core strength exercises for high kicks are:

1. Deadlift
2. Deadlift, and
3. Deadlift.

It strengthens the mid back, lower back, sides under the ribs, shoulders, glutes, hamstrings, and more.

Here's a good demonstration I grabbed from a YouTube search:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pjBI9qxibTc

If you don't have a barbell, you can use dumbbells, large water jugs, or anything that allows you to maintain good form. Just take it easy while you're learning the technique, and ask an experienced lifter if you have questions.