Low Back Exercises for Pain

Because the low back is a place where pain comes from there are very targeted and specific exercises to strengthen the muscles closest to the spine. It is well known that exercises help you feel better. You can get sore from doing them over the next few days after doing them, but it is usually not that all that bad to deal with.

For targeting the correct muscles you will want to do things that have balance involved. The inner most layers are used when balance is involved. The nerves to there and the nerves are where the information is sent in order to make it contract or relax. You probably can remember at some time in your life, either done to you or watched in a movie, where an electrode is placed on a fiber and it contracts. This is what happens, but you want to think of how you can get it to happen at the inner most levels.

If you are suffering from severe pain then you will want to first go see your Doctor or Therapist and find out what is wrong. The diagnosis is so very critical because then you can get a treatment plan for it. If there are exercises involved then this will be good information for you. To make your low back respond correctly you will want to get a fitness ball. If you don't have one now that is alright, they are great for later on after you first build the basic foundation of your program.

To start out you will want to do simple things like balance on one leg. It sounds kind of wimpy, but if gently hold on to something with your one hand and bend your knee while holding your balance you can get the nerves to fire to the inner layers of your lumbar spinal muscles. Make sure to do this on both sides because you don't want to only work the right side or the left side. Lumbar sprains and strains can happen if you go too hard and for too fast, so just go real light into it.

A favorite by many Therapists is when you get on all fours, your hands and your knees, and alternate lifting up your opposite hand and leg. Hold them up for 5-10 seconds and then slowly lower them down and rest for 5-10 seconds. Do this for about ten times on each side. This really gets your neurology firing and can get to the right spot that needs the work the most. Make sure to keep your head up at all times because the last thing that you will want is to have a cervical sprain strain. The breathing is very important too.

The weak muscles can become filled with adipose tissue and when this happens your low back just becomes so susceptible to injury. You can see this on an MRI film and when you see it you will understand as to why it was so easy for you to have this injury. Remember, there are other structures besides the muscles. They are a part of the pain, but not always the cause and the treatment is not always to do more exercising.