Stretches That Help Negate Back Pain

         One area of fixing the problematic back pain for me has been stretching. Stretching was one of the first tools I was introduced to when reaching out to health professionals about my pain. Tone and Tighten on YouTube has a great video regarding some key stretches that have helped my pain. He highlights stretches such as the single and double knee rotation stretch. This activity does a great job of unlocking the lower back, spine, and SI joints by slowly stretching them open. He also highlights a hamstring stretch. This is very important because any kind of leg tightness could be one of the problems leading towards that back pain. On of my personal favorite stretches is the lumbar extension stretch. This stretch is where you lay on your stomach, then you tighten your glutes and push your upper body slowly off the ground. This helps reverse the damage that sitting hunched over in a chair all day can cause to the spine. I recommend doing that stretch for a few minutes every day to loosen up any compressed discs within the spine to reverse that damage.

Another exercise that you can do that goes hand in hand with stretching is yoga. Yoga is a practice that can help with connecting the mind and body together. This is something that I have used consistently 3-5 times per week that really helps with back pain. One of the leading causes of back pain can be weak hips, and yoga does a great job of helping the start of hip strength development. Yoga with Adriene on YouTube has put out some amazing yoga videos that have helped me tremendously. She has levels ranging from beginner to expert levels of mobility to help you figure out which level is best for you and what can help you the most. A lot of these exercises are slow burning exercises that target the lower back and hips. 











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