Lost 55 lbs but my back started hurting and feeling stiff from training. Anyone else deal with this?
I started this journey at 285 lbs about 6 months ago. I'm down to 230 now and I feel genuinely incredible compared to where I was. My energy is up, I sleep better and I can walk up stairs without getting winded too much. Overall I would say my cardio is way better than before because I exercise a lot now.
That said my back started feeling really stiff recently. It’s not injury pain, more like deep tightness and soreness that builds up through the week. My coach says it's a combination of my body adjusting to new movement patterns and the fact that I’m activating some muscles that I never used before? Is this true? It makes sense to me but my mid and upper back is pretty seized up.
I've been doing hot showers and more stretching for about a week which helps but the soreness comes back, especially right after the next session.
Is anyone else dealing with this? What do you do for low back recovery? Any tips are welcome, I’m pretty new to all this so thanks in advance.