Does the front plank cause lower back pain for you? Did your Physical Therapist or Doctor tell you to start doing front planks to help or prevent lower back pain? The front plank is one of my go-to exercises for any level of fitness enthusiast especially those with lower back pain. Unfortunately, it is one […]
When it comes to exercising the back and core you often see people who have been struggling with chronic low back pain forgo any direct work in these areas. Crunches and sit ups hurt, back extensions and dead lifts hurt so they just throw them out altogether. The problem with this is that the less […]
When it comes to lower back pain and core training it’s important that we do it right. Unfortunately, a lot of “back pain” peeps are told to go strengthen their cores without any real direction. They walk into the gym and see home-boy doing hanging leg raises or bragging about his 100 sit-up challenge he […]
If you’re walking around with your stomach clenched thinking that is the solution to “protecting the spine” I am so glad you found this article. This is a mistake I made a lot and I totally understand why you’re making it too. Some big name gurus across the internet will suggest that you keep your […]
When it comes to a sensitive back, post surgery or any level of back pain what you do before you start exercising for the day is critical. Before you may have gotten away with walking into the gym and just jumping on a treadmill for a few minutes and getting right after it soon after. […]
Not all exercise is created equal. In fact, when it comes to sensitive lower backs there is a lot of misinformation about exercise you often hear from your doctor, trusted trainer or even therapist that just isn’t true. Today, I want to break down those common myths about exercising and low back pain and give you […]
I know what it’s like to sit behind the wheel of my car and have my left leg start to go numb/tingly or get this sensation that it needs to be stretched from being so tight. I also know what it’s like to get to work and feel like no matter what I do to […]
The key to any core exercise when your dealing with lower back pain is asking yourself the right questions. If you were to pick only one to ask, I would stick with this: “Is this version of the exercise right for me, right now?” […]
The number one reason I started this site was to offer other back pain suffers hope and direction other than the typical medical system. I knew there was a way out and was determined to spend the next 7+ years of my life in the trenches testing and fine-tuning what worked and didn’t. My approach […]
If you were to google “core exercises for back pain” right now you would get a couple articles from webmd.com and Spine-health.com’s site talking about generic exercises they prescribe to any and all who are willing to click and consume what they have to say. It drives me crazy because like any other normal human […]