4 Reasons Why Running Is Causing You Low Back Pain Running with low back pain is pretty common across the board. From avid runners to weekend warriors back pain is not a judge of your fitness level. In fact, it is powerful enough to make even the strongest most elite runners feel like complete crap. […]
Is Walking Good For Lower Back Pain I get asked this a lot, “Is walking good for lower back pain?” and the answer is more often always YES. What normally happens is I hear an “Okay great I’ll start doing it!” OR I get… No, it’s not. I can hardly walk down to my mailbox […]
How The Curable Health App Changed My Life Over the past 6+ years that I’ve been working in the back pain space I can’t even count on one hand the number of products I can point at and say “YES, this works and will work for A LOT of people”. The reason for this is […]
Full Body Lower Back Pain Friendly Barbell Workout Finding an effective yet safe lower back pain friendly workout can be tough. Odds are you have tried just about everything and no matter how “back pain friendly” you think your workout still seems to leave you in pain working through a flare up for the next […]
6 Of The Best Glute Exercises For Back Pain Relief Do you have a hard time activating or “feeling” your glutes during certain exercises? Does your low back get stiff or sore after doing lower body exercises? If so today I want to break down what I think are the best glute exercises for back […]
7 Powerful Plank Variations That Are Fusion Friendly I hear it all the time, one of the scariest things to get back to after a spinal fusion is exercising. Despite exercise being one of the best things for getting back into doing the things you love, it can get complicated. You’re not sure how your […]
What’s Best For Back Pain: Machines Or Free Weights? There is a healthy debate when it comes to the topic of machines vs free weights. You can argue both sides when it comes to what is best for beginners or building overall muscle. In my opinion, there’s a big difference when comparing machines vs free […]
The One Core Exercise You Should Stop Doing The hanging leg raise is a pretty common core exercise in commercial gyms but little do most back pain sufferers know the hanging leg raise is one of the worst exercises they could be doing for their pain relief. Core training for low back pain relief is […]
Is The Cat Cow Stretch Good For Back Pain? Unless you’ve been living under a rock if you’ve searched anything that has to do with stretching and back pain odds are the cat cow stretch for back pain relief has come up. Now, if you’ve ever tried the Cat-Cow Stretch for back pain relief it […]
My Best Upper Body Workout With Herniated Disc Finding the best exercises to piece together for a good upper body workout with a herniated disc can be a challenge. You try to do the basic lifts like bench press or shoulder press but something about them triggers your back pain which doesn’t seem to settle […]
