published: April 22nd, 2011
What You Can Do Today To Mitigate Back-Related Pain While Training
Exercise induced back pain can completely drain you of any motivation to keep on moving forward. Not to mention it’s also very painful.
And most people suffering from lower back pain do not know how to effectively treat it.
So here are some steps you can take if you have lower back pain when exercising:
1. Do not work through pain: The structures in your lower back are not like other muscles. They take longer to heal and if you keep pushing things, you can end up with permanent damage. So stop doing all exercise until the pain is completely gone.
2. Eliminate all aggravating activities: This even includes activities outside of the gym. You need to let the pain and swelling in your lower back go all the way down before you start strengthening the muscles that support it or else you will simply make things worse.
3. Build up all the deep stabilizing muscles: Unfortunately, most people build up their superficial movement muscles and end up causing additional damage. The best approach here is to work on the deep stabilizing muscles which will support your lower back structures.
4. Get a lower back support for everything you sit in: Doing this will provide a constant source of pressure relief for your lower back. This in turn will extend the warranty on your lower back and will help get rid of pain a lot faster.
5. Get an ergonomic chair: They are very expensive compared to cheap chairs, but very cheap when you consider that they can save your lower back. At the very least, get a used one for some protection. You see, a good chair can be a back saver.
6. Stand when you work: Working from the seated position all day is a surefire way to accelerate the degeneration of your lower back. And once this happens, you can’t reverse it. So try to work from the standing position as much as possible.
Making your lower back as strong and as pain free as possible, is a great way to prolong your exercise warranty. So don’t delay here and take action now!
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