When it comes to dealing with patients in pain, I typically start by trying to off load the side that is painful. Most of the time a person is in pain because they overloaded/overworked a particular area. So by loading the opposite side of pain, you’re making the non painful side do more work. Which will allow the painfull (overworked) side get relief. Does that make sense?
@@empowerhp yes - that does make sense - thank you. My problem is that the side of my lower back that always hurts is visibly and tangibly smaller (the spinal erector) than the other, which is obviously carrying most of the load already. I have done many back workouts in an attempt to even out the muscle mass, but to no avail. I don't know if it's a chronic misalignment that has caused the lack of muscle, or vice versa, or something else, but it's been like this for decades.
If weakness is bad, then the weak side equals the bad side. And since I want to be the hulk (without the anger or the green skin), then a lagging body part is a bad thing. Even when I was bodybuilding decades ago, my right lower spinal erector was visibly smaller than my left, and didn't respond to many workouts intended to catch it up.
