Meet Muhammad Ali
I started working with Muhammad after first helping his spouse out of chronic low back pain and into better health. (She is doing great too!). This video tells most of Muhammad’s story. It is a little hard to hear his replies (volume problem), but his story is worth listening to. He worked really hard to get out of chronic pain and into better health. He did it!
Have you ever heard of tennis elbow (also called epicondylitis)? It is a horrible chronic pain condition of the elbow that is difficult to heal. Muhammad had this condition and got to the point where he could not lift anything weighing more than two pounds! Luckily, he was motivated to work on this issue. When we first met I gave him my elbow tendon protocol and he was able to see improvements in a few weeks and in a few months his elbow was restored. Tendons need the right kind of ‘movement nutrition” to return to normal.
In addition, chronic back pain had plagued him for years. Sadly, Muhammad had a poor outcome trying to exercise using standard bodybuilding methods and machine weight lifting. He quickly learned why exercises like sit-ups can create chronic back pain in many people. After several months of work he got to the point where he was nearly back-pain free. He followed my model of science-based core training along with fixing his ergonomics at home (finding a better way to use his computer). The one-two punch of correct exercise and correct biomechanics at home greatly reduced his back pain.
Levels of depression and even despair often surround people that have chronic pain issues. Muhammad was getting used to the idea that he might be in pain for the rest of his life. It took knowing someone (in his case, his wife) who escaped back pain to believe that change was possible. He quickly caught on to why his back and elbow where not getting better and how a different approach was likely to yield a different outcome.
Are you ready to get out of pain and get moving? Contact Jason Cornish, Medical Fitness Specialist, Personal Trainer, and Health Coach at Eightfold Fitness in Auburn, AL today at 402-521-0314 or email at jason.a.cornish@gmail.com.