So I came back from a weeklong trip to Jackson Hole back in February, and I until recently had lingering lower back pain from going a bit too hard for the 6 days straight in my old man body.

Since the pain began, I’ve been taking baths and using a heat pad very religiously. Would wake up and do stretches every morning (led by The Ready State) up until my body started rejecting that idea and causing me even more back pain.

During all this, I’ve also been trying to get a massage here and there. The one I got this past Friday changed my life. When asked if there were any areas, they should focus on, I explained what my situation was, and how I had gotten to this point.

All good. Fast forward 15 minutes to after he got a good feel of both sides of my back, and I pointed out the pain point. I then asked if there was anything noticeably off about my back based on what he felt, and his wise words were “Not yet, but I’m thinking it might be your hamstrings. We’ll see when I get there, but usually people that come in with lower back pain of this type have an issue with their hamstrings and not their back directly”.

Fast forward another few minutes to when he grabs hold of my hammies… jiminyfucks… he worked those suckers for the next half hour to where when the session was over, I felt instant relief in my back when getting up off the massage bed.

So sharing this experience in case one of you has a fucked up lower back that is directly being caused by your legs…. 🫡

TLDR: stretch your hamstrings to releive/prevent lower back pain. That was the root of my back pain issue.