10-31-2016, 01:12 AM
Lower back pain can be both intolerable and difficult to diagnose.
Following the onset of significant lower back pain accompanied with acute sciatica several years ago I found myself challenged with the simplest of motions. I could not find a comfortable position at night to sustain much needed sleep.
A variety of the usual PK's did little to nothing to mollify the pervasive, ever present pain. Two different spine specialists recommended ambiguous surgical repair.
Out of desperation, I bought and used an inversion table. Not only didn't it help, it seemed to make my condition worse.
At a friends recommendation I turned to a couple of simple floor exercises that stretch the hamstrings and help to decompress the vertebrae associated with the pain.
My recovery was not immediate but nothing short of miraculous when it came about and I've not only been free of back pain but my range of motion improved dramatically allowing me to easily bend over to pick things off the floor.
With the caveats that this worked for me and might not work for you (back injury of its nature is very complex), and that you have to start slow and work your way up, here are the exercises:
1. Lay flat on your back with your hands behind your head and raise your feet upward from the floor several times. Obviously, you should stop if pain makes this too difficult to go on.
2. Get on all fours with your butt in the air and push backward with your arms. When you feel your hamstrings begin to light up move forward, then repeat as many times as is comfortable.
3. Lay flat on your back again with your hands behind your head, raise your legs, then move them outward to the side, back, then down again. Stop if discomfort or fatigue makes this painful or unpleasant.
I'm not offering medical or chiropractic advice... only sharing what worked to make me free of chronic lower back pain. Use common sense, have a positive outlook, and imagine coursing through your days free of the scourge of lower back pain.
Sincerely hope that this helps someone. All back pain is not equal so your mileage may vary.
Following the onset of significant lower back pain accompanied with acute sciatica several years ago I found myself challenged with the simplest of motions. I could not find a comfortable position at night to sustain much needed sleep.
A variety of the usual PK's did little to nothing to mollify the pervasive, ever present pain. Two different spine specialists recommended ambiguous surgical repair.
Out of desperation, I bought and used an inversion table. Not only didn't it help, it seemed to make my condition worse.
At a friends recommendation I turned to a couple of simple floor exercises that stretch the hamstrings and help to decompress the vertebrae associated with the pain.
My recovery was not immediate but nothing short of miraculous when it came about and I've not only been free of back pain but my range of motion improved dramatically allowing me to easily bend over to pick things off the floor.
With the caveats that this worked for me and might not work for you (back injury of its nature is very complex), and that you have to start slow and work your way up, here are the exercises:
1. Lay flat on your back with your hands behind your head and raise your feet upward from the floor several times. Obviously, you should stop if pain makes this too difficult to go on.
2. Get on all fours with your butt in the air and push backward with your arms. When you feel your hamstrings begin to light up move forward, then repeat as many times as is comfortable.
3. Lay flat on your back again with your hands behind your head, raise your legs, then move them outward to the side, back, then down again. Stop if discomfort or fatigue makes this painful or unpleasant.
I'm not offering medical or chiropractic advice... only sharing what worked to make me free of chronic lower back pain. Use common sense, have a positive outlook, and imagine coursing through your days free of the scourge of lower back pain.
Sincerely hope that this helps someone. All back pain is not equal so your mileage may vary.