Injury FAQ Part 2: Lower Back Pain, Tendonitis, and Why Foam Rolling Doesn't Work

Welcome back to part 2 of our injury conversation. From prevention to treatment, in this episode we're answering all of your questions about anything to do with injuries. We collected these questions from you the listeners (and Instagram followers) and our Physical Therapist John is back to answer everything we didn't get to in part 1.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

Lower back pain and what kinds of exercise help with it.

Tendonitis, especially looking at the achilles and the patellar tendon. John even provides a very specific achilles tendonitis protocol you can use.

IT band syndrome, including what aggravates it and what treatments do and don't help.

How to build strong and durable hamstrings, as well as what types of activity tend to injure people's hamstrings.

Warm ups, specifically looking at how effective research suggests they are, and some specific strategies you can try.

And finally we talk about non-physical components of injury rehab, including nutrition, sleep, and the mental aspect.