If you are reading this you have probably experienced acute or chronic back pain in your lifetime. This article is to give you information on what type of back pain exercise is good when you are in severe, acute pain. If you have had back pain you probably already know there are things you should and should not do when you are in severe pain. Of course your doctor should approve any exercise.
When you are in severe pain ask your doctor if you have to stay in bed for longer than two days. Many times resting for longer than two days, and I mean total bed rest, is actually not good and does not help you recover more quickly in fact it can hinder your recovery. I am not trying to get you to push yourself too hard because it is true that your body needs to heal. But I also do not want you to get into a situation where you are not moving and this is increasing your recovery time.
If you cannot do anything else at least try to stand up once a day. Here is a good exercise to do when you are on bed rest. Lie on your stomach and prop yourself up by your elbows. Slowly and gently push up so that your hips remain on the floor and your stomach and chest are lifted up. Do this as far as you can without overextending yourself. After this, roll onto your back and insert a rolled up towel under your lower back.
If you perform this exercise for three or four days and find no relief it may be because your pain is not centered in your lower back. If you feel the pain more to one side than the other you can modify this exercise. The way you do this is to go ahead and lie down. Then shift your hips away from the side with the pain. Then go ahead with the exercise as described in the above.
Other things you can do to help recover move quickly are: don’t slouch, don’t lift anything, try not to drive and above all keep moving as your body allows.
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