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Exercises For Back Pain

  • By Roza Ferenczi
  • 08 Feb, 2018
Back pain is a problem that affects most adults. For one reason or another, the nerves in our back become
compressed, twisted or irritated, and this leads to severe back pain. The problem is that most folks do not
believe that there is a remedy that can easily deal with this problem, and make your back whole again. This
ignorance leads to people living with back pain and causing severe damage that could have easily been
prevented with some simple exercises.

Levels of severity

Depending on how severe your back pain is, there are different things you can do for back pain relief. If the pain
is severe, long lasting and has been there for years, you may need to undergo physical therapy, and have
someone put your back in order. BUt most of the time, there are several exercises against back pain that you can
just do, and get fast back pain relief. Here are some of them:

Posture and position

The most important exercise is learning to do things with your back straight. Usually, back pain is due to
improper posture, and from bending your spine when the muscles in your back become tired. The truth is that
your spine does not get fatigued and tremble, the way muscles do, so we tend to put a lot of pressure on it,
because it does not hurt- at first. However, when the pain starts, it does not stop, and it means that you have
messed something up in your back. Correct posture means that your back is mostly straight, and mostly in the
upright position. With this kind of posture, you can forego problems from occurring, and even if you have back
pain now, your back will be relieved from being put in a correct position.

Walking, running

Most of the exercises you can do simply are aimed at getting you to move around a little bit. At work, we either
have to sit, or if you do physical labor, chances are that you have to repeat the same motion over and over again,
or choose from a limited set of motions, With running and walking about, you get to stand and remove the
pressure from your spinal chord, and shake your nerves up a little. Being still and sedentary is bad for your back.

Core exercises, pilates

Back pain is very frequently, although not always, associated with weaker core muscles and abdominal strength
that is below the recommended levels. By strengthening your core muscles, you will actually make sure that
some of the weight that is being carried by your spine will now be carried by muscles instead. Pilates is a great
way to exercise your core muscles, and hence can be (but is not always) a great method to alleviate back pain.

Sleeping

How you rest is indicative of how you will experience back pain. The idea is that all positions are go, as long as
you keep your spine straight when you sleep. If you sleep on your back, put a pillow under your knees, and that
should help keep your back straight and fit, and should also help with alleviating back pain. If you sleep on your
side, put a pillow or a bundled up blanket between your legs. Sleeping on the stomach causes neck pain
because you have to turn your head to get air, and keeping it in this condition causes neck pain eventually. Try to
not sleep on your stomach.
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