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Which Areas should you Target with Stretches or Exercises? Having lower back pain is common, being common also means it is easy to rectify if you know what to target. Muscles will cause most of your back pain; however it is the joints that allow the muscles to tighten. You need to target both the joints in the area and the muscles if you want long term relief from your back pain. The main muscles to target, which are the common causes of lower back pain are - tight Hip Flexors and Erector Spinae (low back muscles) and weak lower Abdominal muscles. You need to stretch the tight muscles and stimulate the weak muscles - combined this rebalances the muscles and helps to allow joints to move more freely. Which Areas should you Target with Stretches or Exercises? Sciatica is scary, you may be worried you have disc issues or that something sinister is occurring in your spine. In the majority of sciatica cases, the underlying causes are only muscular and joint related. To correct your sciatica you need to target the joints and muscles creating your pain, the main causes are - tight Hip flexors, Erector Spinae (lower back muscles) and the Piriformis, also weak lower Abdominal muscles. You need to stretch the tight muscles and stimulate the weak muscles - combined this rebalances the muscles and helps to allow joints to move more freely. Which Areas should you Target with Stretches or Exercises? Upper back pain is increasing, there are more and more people suffering. Why? The common causes of upper back pain relate to stress and fatigue as much as they do to structural causes. Saying this you still need to target the muscles and joints in the area if you want to relieve your upper back pain. The common structural causes of upper back pain include lower back pain regions. If your lower back distorts then your upper back becomes involved. You therefore need to target both your upper and lower back areas. You need to rebalance muscles and joints for long term relief. The muscles you need to target in your lower back are - tight Hip flexors, Erector Spinae (lower back muscles) and the Piriformis, also weak lower Abdominal muscles. You need to stretch the tight muscles and stimulate the weak muscles - combined this rebalances the muscles and helps to allow joints to move more freely. For the upper back, muscles are hard to stretch. An easy stretch to target this area is to stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Hold your arms out wide and turn as far around as possible. Hold the stretch where you feel a pulling sensation, hold for a second or two. Then stretch in the opposite direction. Do this for 2 minutes and you actually stretch the entire spine. Which Areas should you Target with Stretches or Exercises? Neck pain is less common than lower back pain. It is more uncomfortable though because the joints and muscles are smaller and more sensitive. Neck pain is commonly related to as much lower back issues as it is neck issues. Therefore you need to target both areas. The muscles you need to target in your lower back are - tight Hip flexors, Erector Spinae (lower back muscles) and the Piriformis, also weak lower Abdominal muscles. You need to stretch the tight muscles and stimulate the weak muscles - combined this rebalances the muscles and helps to allow joints to move more freely. For the neck you need to use PNF stretches and joint techniques to ease your neck pain. The joints allow the muscles to tighten and need to be released otherwise muscular tension will always return. You need to target the muscles that turn your head, those that bend your neck side to side and those that bring your head forward. All are very easy to correct. Do you need to be concerned about your Back Pain? Pain that does not migrate away from the spine is usually less severe. Saying that, if your back pain is intense you may still have some minor disc irritations. Commonly though it is a few joints and the surrounding muscles that have become tight. This will create localized back pain. Back pain no matter where it is located is created by four main factors - joints not moving correctly, muscle tension, weak muscles and inflammation. Each of these can be minor or more serious. Having localized back pain usually means these are at a minor level and therefore easy to re-balance quickly.
Do you need to be concerned about your Back Pain? Back pain that radiates away from the spine is worrying, however most times it is still nothing serious. You may be scared you have disc issues or even an organ causing problems. In almost 90% of radiating pain types, the underlying issues are only minor. The rule of thumb still applies - if pain persists, or gets worse... then please seek help. Back pain no matter where it is located is created by four main factors - joints not moving correctly, muscle tension, weak muscles and inflammation. Each of these can be minor or more serious. Having back pain radiating from the spine usually means these are still at a minor level and therefore easy to re-balance quickly. How Long will it take to Ease your Back Pain or Will you end up with this pain forever? Back pain that has only recently occurred is still classified as being acute. Although your pain may be feeling serious, in fact you have the best opportunity now to remove your back pain. You are best to use ice on your back, holding it there for 10 minutes on and then 10 minutes off. Repeat this 3 times now and then often over the next 48 hours and pain should ease. Ice helps to remove inflammation and reduce pain. After 48 hours you need to use heat to help the blood flow to the area. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not correcting their back permanently. Using ice or heat will help ease your back pain. It won't however correct the issues causing your back pain. To get joints moving correctly, to balance the muscles and to make sure they stay this way take a small amount of time. You can balance your spine easily and quickly at home, doing this will prevent having ongoing back pain issues. How Long will it take to Ease your Back Pain or Will you end up with this pain forever? Back pain that has been occurring for a few months is classed as chronic, however it is still easy to fix. You need to rebalance the muscles and joints as they have become habitually tight. It is the tightness in your back and pelvis that has created your back pain. As the habits have formed your body has become accustomed to your back pain. You may have periods of time when you feel good and other where you have almost continuous pain. Just because your back pain is chronic, it does not mean you are doomed to a life of pain or will need surgery in the future. All that is happened is a few joints and muscles have become out of balance and stayed that way. All you need to do is train then to relax, to improve their mobility and flexibility and soon you can be back to the activities you enjoy - at home and work. Don't worry, the longer you have had your lower back pain does not mean it will take just as long for it to disappear. It can actually ease and you can be free from pain in just a few weeks. This may sound like it will take time and effort, but in fact it only takes a few minutes each day. You can also do this at home simply and easily. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not correcting their back permanently. Failing to make that permanent correction will create a long ongoing life of back pain. How Long will it take to Ease your Back Pain or Will you end up with this pain forever? Back pain lasting a few weeks or more is not chronic and still in acute phase. Now is the time to target the areas quickly so it doesn't become long standing and chronic. By now you may have noticed that your mobility and flexibility have decreased - this has occurred as muscles and joints have become tired. You have started to form habitual patterns which mean your body is becoming accustomed to having back pain. This is not good. If your body accepts back pain as normal then you will have a future filled with ongoing back pain problems. To stop this occurring you need to rebalance your spine, break the habits before they form and train your back to become stronger. This may sound like it will take time and effort, but in fact it only takes a few minutes each day. You can also do this at home simply and easily. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not correcting their back permanently. Failing to make that permanent correction will create a long ongoing life of back pain. How Long will it take to Ease your Back Pain or Will you end up with this pain forever? Having had back pain for years you may be fearful that you will end up needing surgery at some stage. You are probably completely frustrated that you can't do the activities you once could, both at work and at home. Don't worry. The longer you have had your low back pain does not mean it is impossible to cure. The causes are still the same and they can be easily fixed. You just need to change the habitual nature of your back pain and train your spine to work better. Habits take only minimal time to start and only a few weeks to reinforce, your back pain can then ease and disappear and freedom from pain becomes your reality not a want or desire. To permanently remove your back pain you need to rebalance your spine, break the habits that have formed and train your back to become stronger. This may sound like it will take time and effort, but in fact it only takes a few minutes each day. You can also do this at home simply and easily. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not correcting their back permanently. Failing to make that permanent correction will create a long ongoing life of back pain. Finding the Cause (and Cure) is Simple? Burning or tingling pain in your back is usually a minor problem. The sensations you are getting are commonly due to the muscles in the area being too tight. As the muscles tighten they burn or tingle, just like if you were to bend your knees and overwork your thigh muscles - they start to burn as they tire. The reason for this is simple - as the joints in the area fail to move correctly, the muscles have to work harder. As they work harder they tire and then start to burn or tingle. It may sound strange but the majority of back pain doesn't come from falls or injuries. It actually arrives as your work pressure increase, your energy levels drop and then your muscles become under tension. This sets you up so that when you do any physical activity, your body is ill prepared. Muscles tire more, which then allows joints to become disrupted and suddenly back pain occurs. It sounds complex, but you are also designed to heal. Which you will! Finding the Cause (and Cure) is Simple? Throbbing pain is usually related to blood supply. If a muscle is torn or injured, the blood supply rushes to the area to help it heal. The throbbing pain you feel is commonly just the healing process occurring. This may also happen if joints are disrupted from falls or injuries. Although this usually calms down quickly with using a few stretches and joint techniques, you need to be cautious. Any pain that doesn't ease quickly needs attention. In rare times internal bleeding may occur within the muscle or the joint area. This can become dangerous. If you have had any moderate or severe fall or injury and throbbing pains are occurring - please seek help from your doctor. In over 93% of these situations, nothing is wrong. But it is better to be safe than to find out you should have sought help. Finding the Cause (and Cure) is Simple? Pain occurs when there are more than one issue occurring in your spine. You have muscles tight, joints not moving correctly and possibly some inflammation in the area also. Usually this means there is more irritation to the nerve, and it may feel severe but it usually isn't. It is the smaller muscles around the joint that cause most pain. The problem with these muscles is that they are hard to reach to stretch. They do relax quickly as joints move better. Relieving pressure off the nerve therefore requires a multi-pronged attack. You need to rebalance the muscles, correct joints, reduce inflammation and balance your pelvis. It may sound like you need to seek help from a practitioner, but in fact you can do this at home safely and effectively. Finding the Cause (and Cure) is Simple? Having numbness scares most people. You may be worried it is something serious, like a disc problem or worse some organ failing or nerve degenerating. In fact most numbness is not actually numbness. There is a difference between true numbness and a feeling of numbness. To test this, pinch your skin in the area of numbness. If you feel the pinch then you have paraesthesia which is actually the lesser form of nerve irritation, this will settle quickly by removing pressure off the nerve - this is achieved by rebalancing the muscles, correcting joints and balancing the pelvis. If you don't feel the pinch, then you have true numbness and you should seek help as the irritation to the nerve may actually cause more serious problems long term. Although it may sound serious most of these conditions still heal with conservative treatment approaches. Will Stretches or Exercise Actually Make your Back Pain Worse? Having your back pain get worse if you do activity, this simply means the joints in your pelvis and back are tight. The muscles surrounding them are also overly tight so that when you do any activity they protest more and increase your back pain. If pain increases dramatically with exercise then you may have caused some damage to the joint structure and it needs attention. If pain increases but is not debilitating, then although exercise makes it feel worse, you still need to keep active. Research has shown that if you keep active your joints and muscles will heal faster. So if exercise causes pain or discomfort, this does not mean you should stop. You still want to keep moving or the joints will tighten even more. Go for a gentle walk rather than a brisk walk. Swimming may make it feel easier. Some gentle back stretches will also help as long as you stretch to the level of tightness not pain. Please do not over do it or push your self to move if the pain is too severe. Find activity that doesn't cause pain and do this often during the day to help your recovery. As your muscles rebalance and joints move better, you find exercise actually makes your back pain ease. After all your spine is a movement based system - exercise is good for it.
Will Stretches or Exercise Actually Make your Back Pain Worse? Having back pain that becomes better with movement is a good thing. It means your back joints are tight, and movement helps ease their tension and will improve your back pain. It also means the muscular system is possibly out of balance rather than severely disrupted. Tight muscles enjoy movement as it helps improve the blood supply and remove the toxins causing pain. Walking is the best activity to do as it doesn't place too much stress on the joints involved. It is probably best not to run or even cycle as these can irritate the area. Swimming is probably the best activity as it does remove all the pressure from the area. But even though activity makes your back pain feel better - do not over do it until all your pain has gone. Keeping active will not only help your back pain ease, it will also help to prevent it returning. Being active helps your muscles and joints work better. If you use techniques that stimulate your muscles and joints to rebalance, you will find exercise of any kind become easy and very enjoyable. Your body is a movement based system, exercise and activity should help you thrive and return to complete and total health - a great prevention for any back pain issue. Are Stretches or Exercise Ideal for you... Having back pain you'll agree is not fun. You are unable to do all the activities you use to do at home and at work. You may struggle to tie your shoe laces and feel your mobility is deteriorating fast. Although it may feel as if your back pain will never go away and that there is no cure, rest assured there is hope. Returning to total fitness and health, being free of back pain is achievable. Your desire to be completely healed, to do anything you like is a matter of releasing the tension in your spine and pelvis. You need to use stretches to ease muscle tension, you need to stimulate weak muscles to strengthen, and essentially correct joints that are not moving freely. Before now this was the domain of practitioners, but through the miracle of the internet you can now learn to help ease your back and become pain free. And it only takes just a few minutes of time... Next Page: Tips and Advice to Eliminate your Back Pain |