Low Back Pain Treatment With Lower Back Pain Exercises

Lower Back Pain Exercises is one of the effective ways for low back pain treatment.  In fact, exercises for backache can be carried out as part of herniated disc treatment, bulging disc treatment or even pinched nerve back (or sciatica).

When a back attack strikes, the person will feel immobilized. It is important to rest on bed for one to two days depending on how bad the back trouble is. NO lower back pain exercises is advised. The purpose of this rest is to reduce the inflammation of the back. During this stage, Acupressure techniques can be applied to reduce the inflammation as well as the pain. I actually covered the acupressure techniques for lumbar back pain in a report. It can give you almost instant relief for back pain.

However, once you have overcome this period of acute attack, you should start to work on to strengthen your back muscles that surround the back. These back muscles are to be stretched so that they can hold your back. This can be carried out through proper lower back pain exercises.

I would like to share with you 2 simple lower back pain exercises that are effective yet simple for herniated disc treatment, bulging disc treatment or even pinched nerve back (or sciatica ).

Lower Back Stretch

Steps are as follows

1. Lie face down and relax your lower back

2. Place you arm beside the body. Turn head to one side and take a few deep breaths.

3. Next, place elbow underneath the shoulders. You can lean on your forearms with your back arched and head up. Hold for about 15 seconds.

4. The last step is to straighten your arm and lock your elbow and raise the upper part (ie above waist) of your body. Hold in the raised position for 15 seconds and bring down the body

5. Repeat this for 15 repetitions.

Lower Back Side Stretch

Steps are as follows

1. Lie down in a supine (face up, back on the floor) position, knees bent to about 90 degrees with feet on the floor

2. By turning your waist, twist your legs together to your left until your left knee is almost touching the floor, hold in position for 5s before twisting back to original resting position.

3. Repeat the action for the right side.

4. Do 5 repetitions for both sides.

While there are other lower back pain exercises that are also useful, the above 2 are the mandatory ones a painful back sufferer cannot do without. With additional knowledge of good postures and habits, one could prevent further episodes of backache recurrence.