I think that I like most men, once you hit forty things start to creek. With me it has been my lower back. It has been giving me gip. When I get up in the morning it is stiff, and I have a hard time bending over. If I sit down for a long time eg, working at a workstation or going for a long drive, then my lower back aches and I can't stand up properly, I look ninety not forty five.
Most of all it makes me grumpy, and short tempered, which isn't great. I used to take pain killer, which dulls the pain but only masks the problem.
Recently I have been doing some lower back pain exercises, and they have helped to reduce the pain and make my back more mobile. Gone is the grumpy old git, I feel make younger, and alot more playful. My wife likes the new me.
Luckily this type of lower back pain is muscular in origin. Though the pain appears in the lower back, the cause of most lower back pain is the muscles of the buttocks and hips tightening up and not relaxing to their full extent.
When muscles tighten and shorten, it causes even more muscle fibres than are needed for good posture to also contract at the same time. This means that these muscle fibres are working over-time and are shortening the muscle, which in turn restricts the range of movement of that muscle. Also because the muscle is shorter it has to contract even more to do the same amount of work as a relaxed, longer muscle. As a result of the muscle having to work even harder lactic acid builds up quicker in the muscle which causes muscle fatigue and pain.
The solution to this problem is simple! I have found some exercises for lower back pain relief and they cover both of my lower back pain scenarios, stiff back in the morning, and stiff back have being seated for a long time.
You need to relax the muscle and lengthen it. By relaxing the muscle, and lengthening it, you will get a greater range of movement, because the muscle is no longer restricted. When the muscle is able to contract further it can do more work in one contraction. As a result fewer contractions are required to do the same amount of work as the shortened muscle. This means lactic acid does not build up as quickly and thus gives the muscle more stamina to do it’s work and muscle fatigue does not set in as quickly!
The exercises for lower back pain relief are simple and almost anyone can do them. As with all exercise though you should check with your doctor first. Being an old git I did.
They take about 5 to 10 minutes in the morning. I do them while the kettle boils. You don’t need any special equipment, just enough room to lay down flat on the floor.
I always check on my progress, so I try and touch my toes when I first get up. My back creeks and I get to half way down my shins. I go downstairs and put the kettle on. I then do three exercises for lower back pain relief while I wait on the kettle, and hey presto, I can now touch my toes again. I can bend forward and backwards on the pain has gone.
If I get lazy and don’t do the exercises for lower back pain relief for a couple of days, I can feel my back tightening up and the twinges start. But the solution as I said is easy and if I do the exercises for lower back pain relief then, I feel supple and pain free.
