Lower Back Pain and Exercise

I have done Pilates for a long time and even though I may have had strong core muscles a wrong move can cause even the fittest among to fall in a heap of pain.

I know about this connection between lower back pain and exercising because I twisted my back moving a pottery pig last summer and fell down in a heap wondering what to do.

For the next few days I gently used my Pilates exercises to stretch my back into shape.

This is where Pilates exercises done at the right levels, with proper form, and paying attention to how your body is feeling can be just what helps your lower back pain.

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Low back pain and exercise can be a good combination when using the Pilates principles.

I feel this is the safest and most effective way to keep your spine and joints healthy and to rehab them when injured.

Pilates exercises are well know to be rehabilitative and corrective in realigning the spine and other joint displacements.

Pilates, in effect, stretches the tight muscles and strengthens the weak ones.

This is why when you have lower back pain and exercise the muscles incorrectly it can cause more pain and spasms.

When using Pilates for back pain you stabilize the core or trunk first by using the abdominal muscles to protect the back muscles from spasms.

While strengthening or tightening the abdominal muscles you are at the same time stretching the affected tight or spasmed back muscles.

Pilates exercises such as the single leg stretch and leg circles can help to stretch the muscles of the back and sacrum while strengthening the deep abdominal muscles that protect the back.

When Pilates exercises are done consistently over time it can help to prevent the lower back pain you feel during exercise or just doing activities of daily living.

Doing Pilates 3-4 days per week over a consistent time period of 4-6 weeks can help to decrease the effects of a painful back as well as other joints.

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