Dr. McGill Big 3 Exercises: Are they good for back pain? Dr. Stuart McGill and his Big 3 Core Exercises have made their way into the fitness industry claiming to be the best overall core exercises to prime the body and build a resilient core. If you have been dealing with persistent back pain and […]
3 Reasons Why Inversion Tables Won’t Fix Your Back Pain If you have ever considered buying or have been using an inversion table for any period of time for your back pain and you’re still not seeing the relief you want, you might want to stick around. Today, I am going to share with you […]
The Best Breathing Exercise For Back Pain Relief Believe it or not breathing and back pain go hand in hand. There are a lot of breathing techniques aimed at targetting both chronic and acute back pain but most people tend to pass over them simply because it’s hard to make the connection between the way […]
Just about anyone who is living and breathing have experienced a tweaked back at some point in their life. Whether it’s a tweaked back from deadlifting, a tweaked back from squatting, a tweaked back from doing simple chores around the house. At some point in your life, you will be searching for your personal tweaked […]
I made a lot of lower back pain relief mistakes during the 6+ years that I suffered from chronic low back pain. It was a very frustrating and unproductive season of my life where everything was consumed by searching for a relief strategy that actually worked. In the 2020 variation of this post, I am […]
Should I Do The Knees To Chest Stretch For My Lower Back? One of the top stretches low back pain sufferers need to stop doing is the double knee to chest stretch for lower back pain relief. I know it feels good and is the only thing you have found to bring relief to your […]
Back Pain While Bench Pressing Dealing with back pain while bench pressing can be absolutely miserable. What should be a simple exercise to help build strength in the upper body becomes something you dread doing, do anyways despite the pain or you skip altogether. We already know exercise is excellent for combating low back pain […]
Should I Exercise With Low Back Pain? Have you ever sat in your car in the parking lot of your gym debating whether you should go in and work out despite your consistent low back pain? Have your doctors been telling you more exercise will help with your pain yet exercise seems to be one […]
Some of the simplest exercises can trigger low back pain. Take bicep curls and shoulder presses for example. These are not necessarily considered “risky” exercises for someone who has a sensitive low back but depending on how they do them it could really mess them up. Today, I want to give you a quick fix […]
You can stop barbell squatting now. I know that sounds crazy but hear me out. Do barbell squats leave you feeling beat up? Do you constantly battle low back pain during or after doing barbell squats? The barbell squat is commonly known as the king of all lower body exercises. As great as it seems […]