Injuries and niggles are natural part of pursuing an engaged and active life.
The problem is that we often want to rest or avoid a region that begins to hurt.
You might have seen a health professional about who recommended resting the injured area to avoid it getting worse…
And by all means, with rest it actually does feel better…
But what has this taught you?
So often we see patients that either keep re-injuring themselves on a particular movement OR they avoid a movement altogether because that movement keeps hurting them.
Resting can sometimes create an avoidant relationship with the movement that exposed a weakness…
It’s that exact movement that is the solution to your ongoing problem…
For example…
“I keep hurting myself whenever I deadlift…so I think I’ll be ok if I just avoid them…”
There is nothing wrong with a deadlift - it’s actually a very powerful and important movement for building strength.
What it’s doing though is exposing something that needs to be worked on and it’s usually either:
Your hip hinge
Your posterior chain strength
Why would you avoid working on these major elements?
Nobody gets stronger by resting or avoiding the work that needs to be done to strengthen them.
So if you’re injured and have pain, the earlier we can re-introduce the incriminating movement back into your program, the better…
Why?
Because it rebuilds confidence and minimises fear and apprehension associated with movement - which is supposed to hold a positive and healthy frame in our minds.
Moral of the story - if you hurt yourself deadlifting, then the best thing to do is deadlift. And that goes with any movement.