Category: Lower Back Pain Exercises

The squat is the very best exercise for lower back pain.  Why?  Simply because it works the largest muscle groups (the quads) in the body and the main pillars of support for your lower back.  If you don’t have a strong set of quads, then you are most likely lacking the strength and support you [...]

As I noted in my previous post, you definitely should not do exercises for lower back pain that only offer a short term solution or temporary relief.  This is not going to help you and your back pain in the long run.  For instance, I consider stretching exercises for lower back pain to fall into [...]

A true lower back pain exercise is one that offers a lasting benefit for back pain sufferers.  A bad lower back pain exercise just offers temporary relief or a short-term benefit.  The one underlying premise that I try to teach people is that lower back pain exercises should not be done to relieve or treat [...]

I’m sure you’ve seen it before at the gym…some poor fitness newbie, somewhat overweight I might add, struggling to do sit-up after sit-up in the hope that one day their gut will magically disappear and they will have that tone, firm set of six-pack abs that you see on commercials.  Of course, all the personal [...]

Most lower back pain exercises are stupid if you ask me.  A lot of the lower back pain exercises you see on the web are more like stretches to help with lower back pain.  This is good but it really just provides temporary relief for back pain sufferers.
People with back pain or sciatica need a [...]