5 tips for lower back pain
03/12/11 16:24 Filed in: lower back pain | back pain
5 tips for lower back pain:
1. Diagnose! Check whether the disk is causing the pain or the posterior facets. To do this, bend forward and move slowly from side to side. If your lower back pain increases then you may have a bulging disk compressing the spinal cord. If the lower back pain decreases as you bend forward, you likely are merely irritating the posterior facets.
2. Brace! Try bracing your stomach whilst moving about. This will take pressure off your vertebral column and should lessen your back pain.
3. Stretch! Lie on your back and hold your knees to your chest, slowly rock your legs from side to side. This will open up space within the foramen for your nerves to be freed up.
4. Exercise! Take up an integrative sport which challenges your whole body such as badminton or football. Sports such as cycling and running may not utilise your core muscles sufficiently.
5. Massage! Find a qualified massage therapist to sink an elbow in the region where you feel most pain. This is often enough to alleviate the problem temporarily but don’t neglect the exercise.
We resolve back pain at North London Personal Training
1. Diagnose! Check whether the disk is causing the pain or the posterior facets. To do this, bend forward and move slowly from side to side. If your lower back pain increases then you may have a bulging disk compressing the spinal cord. If the lower back pain decreases as you bend forward, you likely are merely irritating the posterior facets.
2. Brace! Try bracing your stomach whilst moving about. This will take pressure off your vertebral column and should lessen your back pain.
3. Stretch! Lie on your back and hold your knees to your chest, slowly rock your legs from side to side. This will open up space within the foramen for your nerves to be freed up.
4. Exercise! Take up an integrative sport which challenges your whole body such as badminton or football. Sports such as cycling and running may not utilise your core muscles sufficiently.
5. Massage! Find a qualified massage therapist to sink an elbow in the region where you feel most pain. This is often enough to alleviate the problem temporarily but don’t neglect the exercise.
We resolve back pain at North London Personal Training