Has anyone figured out how to do fly with a problematic lower back? Are there things I can do to prevent over flexing my back when I do SDK and fly?
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When my lower back has acted up in the past, I had to lay off the dolphin kick in all forms. However, over the past few years, when my back is feeling fine and I can work on dolphin kicking and butterfly, it has really strengthened all those core muscles around my lower back so that I very rarely have a back problem anymore. I think it has really cured my lower back problem. I would say if you have constant back pain, you should find someone to give you the proper stretches for your specific condition, then do them religiously so that you can do at least a shallow dolphin kick til you strengthen those muscles. Anyway, that's all it took for me.
When my lower back has acted up in the past, I had to lay off the dolphin kick in all forms. However, over the past few years, when my back is feeling fine and I can work on dolphin kicking and butterfly, it has really strengthened all those core muscles around my lower back so that I very rarely have a back problem anymore. I think it has really cured my lower back problem. I would say if you have constant back pain, you should find someone to give you the proper stretches for your specific condition, then do them religiously so that you can do at least a shallow dolphin kick til you strengthen those muscles. Anyway, that's all it took for me.
