09/08/2026
I used to finish almost every surf session with lower back pain.
And for a long time, I thought the solution was simple: stretch more, release the tight muscles and hope it would go away.
It didn’t.
What finally changed things was understanding that my back pain wasn’t just a “back problem”.
I needed to build more capacity, move better and understand what my body was actually doing while surfing.
I started by:
🏋🏼♂️ Building strength instead of constantly chasing the pain.
🏄🏼♂️ Improving my paddling technique and learning which muscles should actually be doing the work.
🧠 Understanding that pain is influenced by much more than tissues: stress, sleep, recovery, nutrition and the nervous system all play a role.
🌿 Taking care of my health as a whole instead of looking for one magic exercise or treatment.
🌊 And, most importantly, learning to trust my body again.
The goal wasn’t to have a “perfect” back.
The goal was to build a body that could handle surfing.
And that’s when I started enjoying surfing more than ever.
If you’re a surfer who keeps getting back pain after surfing, don’t just keep stretching and hoping it disappears.
There might be a bigger picture to understand.
📩 comment “BACK”and I’ll help you figure out where to start.
