Simple Exercises To Save You From Lower Back Pain

Your spine is susceptible to pain when core muscles are weak. Developing core strength, flexibility and muscular control can help you protect it

The past two years have not been kind to our lower backs. A recent US study found that up to 80 percent of Americans will develop lower back pain sometime during their lifetime, with 15 to 20 percent of them reporting it in an average year.

A consistent mixture of cardio and dedicated core work may help prevent some of this pain, but exercise alone isn’t a guarantee of pain relief. The spine is susceptible to pain when core muscles are weak. We tend to think of the core as the abdominals, but it also includes the deep back muscles, the hip muscles, our quadriceps and hamstrings.

Acute back pain is often the result of straining or pulling one of these muscles. If a muscle can’t provide the needed force, that pressure shifts to the spine, causing pain. Here are a few simple tips to strengthen your core and spine:

Move regularly