Low Back Exercise For Spine Pain Relief

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Low Back Exercise For Spine Pain Relief

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Anyone who has to sit in front of a computer all day knows the importance of flexibility. If you don’t get up every once in awhile and stretch out, your lower back becomes stiff and sore, and good posture hard to maintain throughout the day. So it’s your job to take the necessary steps to keep it from getting worse. The best way to do this is by utilizing the standing forward bend low back exercise.

Actually it helps maintain the entire back and hamstrings, but focuses in on the lower back. Can you remember the last time you got up from your desk and didn’t have some sort of pain back there? Probably not, and if you don’t do something about it you’ll wind up hunched over or worse when you get older. So let’s talk a bit about the way the standing forward bend works and how you can add it into your daily routine. It helps you have correct neck posture, helps with poor sitting posture, and can relieve a sore tailbone. In general, it will help you improve posture.

To do the standing forward bend, stand up with your feet beside each other. Exhale while you bend down from your hip joints. Do what feels natural and relaxed to you. This yoga exercise is more advanced than it may seem and as your back becomes more flexible you will be able to bend lower. You can do this exercise anywhere, even at work since all you need is standing room to do it.

People who do the advanced version of this exercise are able to place their hands flat on the floor. If you cannot do that, don’t worry, you will still get a lot of benefit. In fact, to do the advanced version you need to warm up your muscles first and you don’t have time to do that at work. A full posture program would be an added benefit but this exercise by itself will help you a lot. Anyone can do the simple forward bend and there is no need to warm up first so it is an ideal exercise to do throughout the day. Stay relaxed and make slow movements.

Stand up straight with your feet at hip width
Place your hands on your hips
Lean your upper body forward and down while keeping your knees straight.
Dangle your arms toward the ground
Relax your body and breathe
Remain in this position for one minute
Roll back up to standing. Your head should roll up last

While you do the exercise be aware of any tension in your back and body. This simple awareness will help bring relief. Paying attention to your body can help calm many discomforts.

Doing the forward bend in this way will relax tension throughout your back but it is particularly good for the lower back which gets so much abuse from prolonged sitting. By doing this exercise regularly you will keep your back muscles relaxed which will relieve your pain so you can keep your productivity levels high.

This exercise is more effective if you do it on a regular basis such as when you first get out of bed in the morning, during your breaks at work and before going to bed at night. By being consistent, you will relieve the pain you are experiencing now and keep it from returning.

Lower back pain is an aggravation to deal with. You may be able to get temporary relief by taking medications but there is a better way to deal with it. Posture exercises are natural and can provide a long term solution. You can relieve your muscle tension, become more flexible and gain peace of mind that comes with freedom from chronic pain.

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