Ultimate Guide to Exercises for Lower Back Pain

Ultimate Guide to Exercises for Lower Back Pain
March 12, 2021

 

Experiencing excruciating lower back pain will have a detrimental effect on your daily life. However, just living a healthy lifestyle is not enough to alleviate pain. You need to perform some set of exercises, which will stimulate your blood flow through the entire body.

Oklahoma Spine & Pain Management is presenting you with simple stretch exercises to get relief from lower back pain. You can try these exercises before visiting a pain clinic.

Knee-to chest

This exercise helps to lengthen the lower back by relieving tension and pain.

  • Lie with your knees and feet flat on the floor.

  • Use both of your hands. Grab your right lower leg with your fingers. You can clasp your wrists under your knee.

  • Hold your right knee for 30-60 seconds. Don’t forget to relax your legs, hips, and lower back.

  • Release your right knee and return it back to the starting position.

  • Repeat these steps three times.

Rotation of trunk

This set of exercises will help to relieve tension in your lower back. It also helps to free your core muscles, including the back muscle and abdomen.

  • Lie on your back by bringing your knees to your chest.

  • Extend your arms to the sides.

  • Keep your knees together and hands on your floor. Do it for 15-20 seconds.

  • Now, return to the starting position and hold it for 15-20 seconds.

  • Repeat at least 5-10 times for each side.

Pelvic tilt

This is a very simple way to release tight back muscles, followed by maintaining flexibility.

  • Lie on your back leaving the knees bent and flat. Spine natural curvature will lift your lower back on the floor.

  • Push your stomach and arch your lower back. It will stabilize your core.

  • Hold the position for 5-10 seconds.

  • Do the repetitions daily, a maximum of 10-15 times per day.

Cat-cow stretch

Want to increase flexibility? Cat cow stretch will help to do the same. Besides, it will ease tension in your lower back.

  • Get your knees and hands with hip-width apart.

  • Now, arch your belly button towards your spine, by letting your head drop.

  • Hold this position for 5-10 minutes.

  • Now, return to the original position.

  • Repeat the same stretch 15-20 times.

Visit our Pain clinic today

At Oklahoma Spine & Pain Management, physicians from OKC are there to evaluate your condition. Based on that, they will recommend suitable medicine at our pain management clinic in OKC. We have already served many patients with a smile on their faces. What are you waiting for? Give us a call now.

**Disclaimer: This content should not be considered medical advice and does not imply a doctor-patient relationship.

Darryl D. Robinson, MD

Medical Director

About Author

Dr. Darryl Robinson, a Richmond, Virginia native, earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1995. Commissioned into the U.S. Army the same year, Dr. Robinson completed his internship at Walter Reed and served as a General Medical Officer at Fort Stewart, Georgia. He left active duty in 1998 and remained in the reserves through 2004. After completing his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a fellowship in Pain Medicine, Dr. Robinson joined Oklahoma Sports Science and Orthopedics in 2002. He has since been recognized for delivering comprehensive, cutting-edge care for pain conditions. In 2012, he was named one of the region's top physicians by Castle Connolly. Frustrated by the limitations of conventional pain treatments, he expanded his approach to include wellness-based therapies focused on nutrition, hormone optimization, and regenerative medicine. He later became a Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Also in 2012, Dr. Robinson was honored as one of the first "Pink Tie Guys" by the Susan G. Komen foundation in Oklahoma, recognizing his advocacy for women's health.
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