3 Easy solutions to lower back pain
We often seem to experience a lot of tightness in our lower back.
Body talk might indicate fear of sex, especially in women.
In any case, many of us suffer from tautness in that area, which we experience as pain.
The simplest movement to release the tightness is:
· Standing up, feet shoulder-width apart, with knees bent a little
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This gives you the freedom to move your hips forward and back.
So, we do this gently for a while and feel the relief in the lower back.
This is actually a great gentle stretching exercise for lower back pain.
Now, another great and simple exercise can also be done:
· Sitting down, spine straight, you lower your shoulders (the opposite of holding them up with tension) and ‘throw’ them gently back.
You then straighten the curve of your neck so it’s aligned with your spine by simply gently lowering your chin and pushing it back as if it’s on a horizontal rail.
What you do next is turn the waist (and thus the whole torso) very gently and for this part you put your right hand on the outside of your left knee and help yourself turn the waist to the left by simply pulling on the knee.
You repeat the same movement on the other side, and several times on each side.
Make it a continuous movement!
An important point to remember while you do this exercise is to:
· hold your stomach in while breathing
· keep your spine straight
A very nice way to finish is – and definitely the easiest of these 3 methods – either standing or sitting is to rub your lower back up and down the spine with both hands.
Dislodging tightness from the body in this way helps us not only to chase away tension and avoid possible complications, especially as we advance in age, but also to remain easy-going in our body, to enjoy its physical sensations and making our vital energy circulate, flowing and thereby avoiding any blockage that might turn into a more severe physical condition.
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We so often see older people hunched over as they move around, it’s a pity they have not learned to look after their body better with simple exercises at an earlier stage in their life.
These exercises are very easy to perform at any age, even for the chair-bound.
To provide easy exercises for any age group and especially for seniors, Francoise Bonhoure, a qualified Seniors Exercise teacher (for Over and Under 50’s!), has created a Best Exercise Program for Baby Boomers.
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