I've been in a lot of pain lately. I've mentioned on here before that I've been having knee pain for awhile now (lots of popping and just pain in general). Plus I've been having symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome in that I've had pain in my hands that radiate up to my elbow. I also have upper back pain at time too.
Ok, so I went to a physical therapist today. The guy was an idiot and I'm not going to go back to him for a number of reasons that I just don't want to get into (if you're overwhelming curious you can see
here). BUT he said the following:
1. I have scoliosis, which is causing problems because of lifting (specifically the dumbbell press is worsening things)
2. I have tennis elbow because of the movement from the dumbbell press and he gave me an exercise to do to help with that
3. I need to work on strengthening my hamstrings (so basically lay on my stomach and do leg lifts)
4. I can NEVER EVER do exercises again that involve lifting weight, bending my knee etc.
5. When I asked him what I could do to lose weight he told me to stop eating.
I've been looking up stuff about scoliosis and it seems that with proper physical therapy exercise IS possible but I just need to work on dealing with the pain first. So has anybody else dealt with that??? Thoughts, opinions?
Also, has anybody found that dealing with their hamstrings has helped them exercise again?
We're definitely going to a new doctor after this because it was such a horrible experience but I've love to hear any experiences from other lifter if they've dealt with something similar and also if you have any advice on finding a good physical therapist!