My first post for a while, as I've been struggling recently with back pain. A couple of Saturdays ago I was doing my weight training regime in my home gym. In the process I managed to rick my lower back doing seated cable rows, probably as a consequence of too much weight and poor form.

For a few days it was stiff and sore but it was making some progress using the exercises from Robin McKenzie's excellent Treat Your Own Back, plus taking walks using an upright posture. Then it turned for the worse, with intense sciatic pain going right the way down my left leg.

Now two weeks and four osteopath visits later it's (fingers crossed) back on the road to recovery again. The week after next we are off to Kefalonia for two weeks holiday. Maybe after that I'll be in a fit state to start thinking about getting back into the gym. With some trepidation I stepped on the scales yesterday, but was quite relieved to find that I hadn't regained too much weight, so at least that's something.