About my depression (personal note)

Published: Tue, 08/27/13

I have personally been battling with lower back pain off and on for
most of my adult life.  Let me tell you a quick story..

The first time I hurt my back was my senior year of high school
right at the beginning of football season.  There was nothing I wanted
more than to play my senior year and it looked like I was done for
the year. 

I heard a pop one day in the weight room when I was doing lat
pulldowns behind the neck.  I'm sure I was using awful form and
from that point forward I entered the world of lower back pain.

It hurt too much to sit down and I had to stand in class while taking
notes (embarrassing).  I had an MRI done and they couldn't find
anything wrong with me.  I went to physical therapy and that didn't
help much either.

After missing the first three games of the season, I was getting really
depressed and I cried out to God begging him to let me play my
senior year of football.  Shortly after that my back pain reduced and
I was able to play the rest of the season.

That wasn't the end of my back pain though.  In college I threw my
back out a few times so badly that I had to stay in bed for  days. 
Nope that wasn't just an excuse to skip class, I physically couldn't
walk around when the muscles were tonic and spazzing out.

Being the competitive, stubborn guy that I am I wasn't going to let
back pain rule my life.  I kept putting my body through more impact
by walking on the College Football team and played four years of
D-IAA football.  After college I had a short stint in Europe before
tearing my ACL (knee).

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Stop Doing What I Love?  Wrong Answer Doc!

My back started getting worse again in 2007 when I started competing
in powerlifting (The Squat, Bench Press & Deadlift).  Only a couple guys
know this but I injured my back in my first competition during the squat. 
I finished the meet though and even bench pressed over 600 pounds. 
Again, probably not the smartest idea, but what can I say, I had the
"powerlifting bug".

Here's where it gets weird.  You might ask me why I play all these
sports and workout so much.  Firstly, I love it and I don't want to stop. 

Secondly, when I don't work out my back actually hurts a lot more

I feel better when I do train even if I occasionally have a tweak.

As you can see from my little story and my extensive sports background,
I have enjoyed training with heavy weights for a few decades now and
I've had my share of injuries and pain over the years.

Ironically it wasn't a back injury but a partially torn rotator cuff that initially
led me to seek out the gifted hands of Injury Specialist Rick Kaselj, MS. 

Long story short, he helped me fix my shoulder pain in a matter of weeks
and the next trouble spot on the list was my lingering knee pain left over
from an ACL surgery in 2001.  Again Rick helped me with this problem
and it was time to tackle the elephant in the room...my back pain that
has been lingering on and off for over two decades!

How did he do it?  With the new Fix My Back Program that will
be released for the first time tomorrow.
 
It utilizes his trademarked BR3 Method which stands for "Back Reshaping
3-Part Method".  
 
 
If you suffer from any form of back pain, soreness or discomfort I really
want you to check this out tomorrow.
 
To encourage you to be an action taker I'm also offering a couple bonuses
if you order on the first day.
 
FIRST DAY ORDER BONUSES - 
 
Barbell Deadlift Dominated "Undergound Finnish Deadlift Program" +
Your Video Guide to Pain Free Deadlifting.
 
 
Both of these are free tomorrow when you grab a copy of the new
Fix My Back Pain system.
 
Look for the link in your inbox first thing Wednesday morning.
 
I'm so excited to share this with you! You won't believe the price
when you see it.
 
Helping you get back to training hard,
 
Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com