In this recorded rehab session, a clinician (Speaker A) works with patient Sam, who recently sustained a right‑side lower‑back injury while boxing. The clinician guides Sam through a structured progression of core activation, hip‑mobility, squat, and plyometric drills designed to restore functional strength, improve spinal stability, and reduce pain. The session begins with gentle flatten‑back and abdominal bracing cues, moves into reverse crunches and V‑set control, transitions to torso rotations, toe‑touches, and squat variations that emphasize hip opening and chest expansion. The clinician then introduces alternating side‑to‑side jumps and lateral squat‑cross movements, providing real‑time feedback on form, range of motion, and pain response. Throughout, Sam reports feeling okay, and the clinician offers supportive encouragement while monitoring tenderness. The overall aim is to progress Sam toward a pain‑free, functional state suitable for boxing performance.
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We are here with our patient Sam, and we're going to work on continuing to rehab his lower back injury. Uh, he did it a couple weeks ago. And he's been prepping for a boxing match that he was able to compete in last week, but we're going to continue working through some of our exercises and the progressions that we were trying to do to get him back to feeling normal and pain-free. All right.
You got it recorded? Yeah.
Didn't call for it.
Yeah.
It's right side, it's still tender. Yeah, still a good choppy area. So flatten your back, tighten your abs.
Good.
Bring both knees up to here.
Good.
Knees together, feet together.
Good.
Let's go out all the way, see how far you can go.
Good.
Come back in.
Good.
All right, let's do 5 of those. All right, let's put our feet down for a second and just relax.
Good.
So go back to that other side. Both knees up.
Okay.
Now try to bring your knees up to here. So we're gonna reverse crunch. So you can put your hands down by your side there.
Good.
Reverse crunch.
Good. Good.
Nice. You feel okay with this?
Good. Good. Nice.
Just really control your V-set. Pull down. Nice. There we go. 2 more.
2. Good.
All right, so bring your arms wide. Feet straight in the air. Then rotate side to side, keeping the shoulders flat on the ground. Just a little bit. Nice and slow.
Okay. That's it.
Just go ahead and bend over, touch your toes.
Good.
And then feet apart just a little bit.
Good.
And then drop your butt into a squat.
Good.
Bring your arms inside your knees to help open up.
Good. Good. Okay. And then bring your butt back up in the air.
Head down. Nice. Good. So let's do 5 of those. Try and keep your hands on the ground and use your arms to kind of wedge you. Nice. Big chest. Push through. Open that chest. Nice. Good. Let's do 5 of those.
That's 2.
3. Pull.
5.
Okay, hold the bottom. You're gonna reach up into the air with your right hand.
Good.
Nice.
Good.
Back down.
Hand up. Good.
Try and rotate and stack those arms.
Nice. Nice. Good. Ready? 4.
Try and really wedge that thumb.
Hold that right there. 5.
Nice.
Other side. Good. 5. Good. And up. Good.
All right, just one minute. Let's swap position.
Good. A little longer. Good.
Okay, so just gonna drop down, come back up. Uh, switch sides.
25. Good.
Back to the other side.
Good.
And now we're gonna jump, jump in place. Okay, so go a little bit longer.
Okay.
So we're just going to jump into those spots. So down towards the knee and then just slightly jump off the ground. Good.
5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Good.
Other side. I'm starting to work.
Good.
All right, now let's do 5 each side alternating.
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5. Good.
That was the one.
Good. Cross that. Good.
Let's do it again.
Good.
All right, face me. Wide stance.
Good.
A little bit wider.
Good.
Do some sideline drills and see how this looks.
Good. Excellent.
Wide stance. You know, a little bit wider.
Good. Good, good, good.
Nice.
2.
2. 5 each side.
4, 4, 5, 5. Good.
Good.
Okay, we'll go back into the same position.
We're just going to do some classic squats, just trying to cross with the hips. Okay, so wide stance, same thing. You're gonna go as low as you can go on one side.
Good.
And then stay low and you're gonna try and push and slide to the other side without coming off the Z-Plane of the body side that's on the ground. 1, 2.
