Low Back Pain Management

How You Can Gain Control Of Your Lower Back Pain With These Back Pain Treatments

What is effective low back pain management? Well, as a Physical Therapist, I believe that effective pain management of any kind is one that gets results. Where you get relief from your pain.

Whether you have had low back pain for a few days or a few years, my hope is that you will find something on this website that can help you manage your pain a little better and give you some ideas for back pain treatment.

Some of you may get complete relief within minutes of starting an exercise. That's pretty exciting when that happens and I see that most often with the press up exercise, one way to do yoga for lower back pain.

However, there are some of you that will have chronic pain for the rest of your life, but through posture techniques will be able to manage your symptoms to a tolerable level.

Others may just need some strengthening exercises, like I did, that will slowly relieve your pain as you build strength.

Whatever your situation is, make sure to consult your health care provider before starting exercise. This is especially true if you can answer yes to any of the following.

Do not begin an exercise program before seeing a health professional if:

• This is the first time you have had lower back pain and it is not better after 1-2 weeks
• You have severe pain in the leg below the knee and notice weakness, numbness or pins and needles in your foot or toes.
• You have lower back pain from a severe accident that happened recently
• You have developed bladder or bowel problems at the same time you developed back pain
• You had other general health symptoms that appeared the same time as your back pain

Where to Start for Low Back Pain Management

Anatomy of the Back

Try the press up exercise, one way to do yoga for lower back pain.

Low back strengthening exercises

Back stretching exercises

Get to the root of the problem - Poor Posture

The Bean Exerciser - One Way to Exercise Abs Without Back Pain

As always, there are many things that can help you manage your pain. Make sure to seek help from your health care provider in addition to the recommendations on this website.


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