hilly1981
Yellow Belt
Greetings
Hope you are all well.
I am contemplating starting Hapkido in the future, however first am thinking of achieving 1st Dan in TKD first before I jump into another art and cross train. This is a while off yet though.
I have mild lower back issues which cause me grief from time to time. I have recently been getting physio for this and am following a strict stretching regime to help prevent the muscles from tightening up. I have noticed an improvement, but after training the next morning it is pretty sore until I start moving around again and it loosens up.
I am an active person, and along with training in TKD, I also play soccer on the weekends. My back usually does not hamper me whilst conducting these activities. I have my good and bad days, however its not something that cripples me or anything.
Now, I am just wondering with all of the rolls and breakfalling you need to do in Hapkido, will this be really bad on my back? My physio has not advised I stop activity or anything, however says that if I do not regularly stretch etc... then eventually as I get older my back would just continue to deteriorate.
Do many people on this forum have any back issues but still train in Hapkido?
I know its probably a difficult question to answer directly, however if you could even just share your experiences whether past or present it would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

I am contemplating starting Hapkido in the future, however first am thinking of achieving 1st Dan in TKD first before I jump into another art and cross train. This is a while off yet though.
I have mild lower back issues which cause me grief from time to time. I have recently been getting physio for this and am following a strict stretching regime to help prevent the muscles from tightening up. I have noticed an improvement, but after training the next morning it is pretty sore until I start moving around again and it loosens up.
I am an active person, and along with training in TKD, I also play soccer on the weekends. My back usually does not hamper me whilst conducting these activities. I have my good and bad days, however its not something that cripples me or anything.
Now, I am just wondering with all of the rolls and breakfalling you need to do in Hapkido, will this be really bad on my back? My physio has not advised I stop activity or anything, however says that if I do not regularly stretch etc... then eventually as I get older my back would just continue to deteriorate.
Do many people on this forum have any back issues but still train in Hapkido?
I know its probably a difficult question to answer directly, however if you could even just share your experiences whether past or present it would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!