Stretching Lower Back

If you have overworked your muscles or injured your spine, stretching will help to loosen up those tight muscles and keep you from suffering further pain.

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STRETCHING LOWER BACK TO PREVENT BACK PAIN

Stretching lower back have many benefits including healing the existing back injury. You may not be ready to do all of the stretching that is suggested by coach, but you can take some of the suggestions and tweak them to your advantage. Remember that you are trying to prevent the pain and injury from the muscles not the spine. If you have overworked your muscles or injured your spine, it will help to loosen up those tight muscles and keep you from suffering further pain.

Do Stretching Really Work?

Stretching lower back is one of the best things you can do for yourself to prevent further pain or injury to the lower back and help the muscles become more flexible and stronger. There is not much scientific research supporting the idea that stretching actually helps with long-term prevention or even helps you heal quicker or speeds up a slower return to activity. However, there are many lower back stretches that you can do safely in your home that will serve to greatly improve your posture, and increase flexibility. These stretches can also help reduce tension in other areas of your body that may be contributing to your pain.

Benefits of Stretching

If you continue to experience back pain, even after you have been stretching for a while, it may be that you just have a weak or tight muscle or group of muscles in your abdomen or lower back. If you have joint problems, it is possible that you are putting too much strain on one particular joint. When you perform an exercise to strengthen any muscle in your body, especially the muscles in your back, it is important to make sure that the muscles you are using are strong enough to withstand the stress. You do not want to strain a muscle in your back and end up causing more pain or injury. Stretching regularly will not only help to keep you healthy and prevent back pain, but it will also keep you pain free for longer periods of time.

Stretching Lower Back