7 Moves to Beat Back Pain

Back pain sucks, but that’s not news. About 80% of all people will experience it at some point in their lives, and most of the time it will be lower back pain.

Why is it so common? Lots of reasons: poor posture, sitting, sitting, and sitting. That’s not a typo.

Sitting places the structures in your body into weird positions and lets certain muscles get used to staying in shortened and tight positions. for low back pain, the main muscles affected are usually the hip flexors and hamstrings, which affect the position of the pelvis, which the affects the position of the backbone (yes, I’m using a colloquial term for spinal column, because science terms tend to make normal people’s eyes glaze over like a Krispy Kreme donut). Your glutes and hip rotators (especially piriformis) can get super tight, too!

11 Mobility Moves to Relieve Low Back Pain

Lower back pain affects over 80% of people at some point in life. I personally have a hard time believing that number isn’t higher, given my own history with chronic back pain.

These are some of the most useful mobility and core strength exercises for relieving low back pain. I have used these for over 10 years with clients seeking relief from back pain and have found that they work for most cases. Keep in mind that everyone’s body is different. depending on what’s going on, these may or may not work for you.

mobilityGary BerglundJanuary 25, 2023back pain, mobility exercises, mobility for back pain, core

Mobility for Back Pain

Ever have one of those days where your lower back back feels totally wrecked? About half of all working Americans report back pain every year, and up to 80% of all people will experience the joy of hating their life due to pain in the low back. It’s a big deal. Over the years, I have met hundreds of people who have told me that their back pain was one of the biggest reasons for not exercising when they actually wanted to be!

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