Dear Reader,
I have been working/researching/studying the subject of back for a few years now figuring out ways and means to keep the entire batch – package of back muscles healthy. Besides being injury prone (lower back, shoulder, neck etc), our back plays a very important role in our movements or postural stability/balance. Our lower back is a pivot point for all arm and back movements. It is the foundation for our upper body for any force coming up from the ground. Therefore it is of vital importance in sporting movements and otherwise.
Be it a yogic perspective, human movement science understanding, or strength & conditioning take; in my opinion, the back needs a good combination of all three + biomechanics.
Check your knowledge on the subject of ‘back’ via below mentioned articles.
Healthy challenge to anyone who is reading it: if you had all this knowledge the way I have explained back then show me exercises that have handled all aspects of it?
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Article 1: What makes our upper back so special?
The article looks into the complexity of what we call upper back. Our upper back consist of cervical muscles, thoracic spine, scapular stabilizer muscles, rotator cuff muscles, and shoulder muscles. It is not as simple as it is made out to be in training. Check it out yourself:
Article 2: Why Back is not singular?
The article breaks the ‘back’ in three part – upper, middle and lower back for better understanding and explains its importance of doing so:
Article 3: How Neck & shoulder are the evil cousins?
The article explains the upper back and break it up to show how neck and shoulder are evil cousins. One can’t live without other and therefore are equal contributors to injuries in that region.
Neck & shoulder – the evil cousins – LinkedIn
Article 4: Why spine is the epicentre of back health?
This article covers the subject of back from spine perspective. It explains and proves how easily you can train your back muscles if you just train your spine. An interesting and never spoken about perspective.
Training the spine – wordpress
Article 5: What is ‘level 0’ for back health?
The write-up defines ‘level 0’ for the back and explains why it should be treated as a benchmark for a healthy back. I have shown easy-to-do exercises all through my articles that will help you further to train your back.
Umesh Chhikara
Sports Scientist
Umesh Chhikara 