Lower Back Pain Exercises

Always remember to warm up prior to doing any exercise. You should try to exercise your back every day if you suffer from back pain, and a tip that you can't afford to miss out on is that you should really try to keep moving, and not be tense. Being tense will usually tighten up muscels around nerve endings and can cause sciatica. Seek medical advice before engaging in any of the tips or exercises here. Try to set a beeper off to alarm you every half an hour, and then get up and change position totally.

Wall slides to strengthen back, hip, and leg muscles

Stand with your back against a wall and feet shoulder-width apart. Slide down into a crouch with knees bent to about 90 degrees. Count to five and slide back up the wall. Repeat these lower back pain exercises 5 times.

Leg raises to strengthen back and hip muscles.

Lie on your stomach. Tighten the muscles in one leg and raise it from the floor. Hold your leg up for a count of 10 and return it to the floor. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat these lower back pain exercises five times with each leg.

Leg raises to strengthen stomach and hip muscles

Lie on your back with your arms at your sides. Lift one leg off the floor. Hold your leg up for a count of 10 and return it to the floor. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat five times with each leg. If that is too difficult, keep one knee bent and the foot flat on the ground while raising the leg.

You can also sit upright in a chair with legs straight and extended at an angle to the floor. Lift one leg waist high. Slowly return your leg to the floor. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat these lower back pain exercises five times with each leg.

Partial sit-up to strengthen stomach muscles

Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on floor. Slowly raise your head and shoulders off the floor and reach with both hands toward your knees. Count to 10. Repeat these lower back pain exercises five times.

Back leg swing to strengthen hip and back muscles

Stand behind a chair with your hands on the back of the chair. Lift one leg back and up while keeping the knee straight. Return slowly. Raise other leg and return. Repeat these lower back pain exercises five times with each leg.

Exercises to decrease the strain on your back

Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on your bed or floor. Raise your knees toward your chest. Place both hands under your knees and gently pull your knees as close to your chest as possible. Do not raise your head. Do not straighten your legs as you lower them. Start these lower back pain exercises with five repetitions, several times a day.

Stand with your feet slightly apart. Place your hands in the small of your back. Keep your knees straight. Bend backwards at the waist as far as possible and hold the position for one or two seconds.

Lower back pain is often aggravated by poor lifting skills, moslty people tent to lift bending over, this uses muscles of the lower back rather than those in the legs, to lift things. The back is made up of many muscles.

Lower back pain is certainly one of the main problems affecting people, resulting in millions of lost working days, mostly due to poor muscle strength in the lower back region.

The back exercises above should help strengthen a back.

SEEK MEDICAL HELP BEFORE DOING ANY EXERCISE.