How To Use Physical Therapy For Lower Back Pain

By Luisa Sharpe


Lower back pain is a prevalent problem and especially in adults because of the nature of their jobs. People who spend the day lifting heavy loads and those who spend it bent over a computer can experience severe lower back pain and these needs to be stopped. There are several ways that you can get rid of this pain but physical therapy for lower back pain are the most effective.

It is important for everyone to know how to protect their backbone, even as they carry on their daily chores. For the ones who must lift heavy weights, they are advised to squat first before rising with the load. Bending the waist is a very delicate act, use the legs instead because they are stronger than your waist bone.

You can also use pain killers to get rid of the pain, but it is never permanent. This is why you should not use them in the first place because your body develops resistance to them. Also in some cases you may be hooked to the drug and so you will keep taking it to make the pain go away. This is an addiction, and it is not healthy at all.

The physical therapist will start by helping you to do lumbar extension stretches. These will be able to align your rear bones and make your muscles feel relaxed. Before this, you must have gone to the doctor and ascertained that you do not have any fractures in your vertebrae. These exercises will be especially helpful in relieving pain if you have a herniated disc as it will gently realign it to the spine.

Never stretches are also crucial in making lower rear part pain go away. This pain may not be apparent as it may radiate to the lower limbs and the buttocks. Stretching the nerves, and especially the sciatica will help in making this pain go away. They are also recommended after lumbar surgery, so as to ensure that one is not suffering from any scar tissue adhesion in the nerves and muscle tissue.

In the sciatic nerve stretch, one lies on a flat surface and lifts their leg up. They keep stretching it out and drawing it back in for some time and after some time they exchange this leg for the other one. This will be especially helpful for people who have overexerted the lower rear part and also for pregnant women. It may help relieve pains caused by muscle pulls.

The prayer stretch and the angry cat stretch are lumbar flexion exercises that are most commonly used by golf and tennis players. They are essential in relieving pain caused by overexertion of the back. The prone press up exercises and the single knee to chest stretches are also important, and they can be done at home without any stress.

Make a point of seeing the physical therapist who will inform you which exercises you can do, and the ones to avoid doing. Enjoy doing the simple exercises at your home. Most of them are not stressful at all but rather fun and helpful to your body. You can be sure that your pains will be totally dealt with by these exercises.




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