First Aid Back Pain Exercise for the Lower Back


Defined Tag: Back Pain Exercise.

Back pain exercise is an important element in recovering from acute backache, and may help those who have chronic back pain. Whatever the cause, it is very likely that you have probably experienced acute or chronic back pain in your lifetime. If you belong to one of those unfortunate back pain sufferers, 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.

After an acute attack, you should begin exercises as soon as you can move without undue pain. However, it cannot be stressed too emphatically that if any exercise increase your back pain, you should stop doing it at once.
 
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 back pain exercise as described in the above.