I injured my back some years ago and was wondering if anyone could give some ideas on how to strengthen it. The low back is especially sensitive to workouts. I’d like to avoid weights if at all possible. Thanks!
re: your post
What are your choices? your post only reads y under the categories.
However count my vote for Yoga.
Brian
San Francisco, CA
http://www.lowbackpain.com/exercise.html
try that website…
re: the website listed
Cyborg,
Do all the exercises on the listed website except the lower trunk rotation stretch. All the others are fairly good to strengthen and stretvh your unhappy back.
Brian
San Francisco,CA
low back pain
Thanks for the help guys.
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see a pro
Go see a physiotherapist.
They can give you a tailored exercise program to deal with your specific problems.
I have a spondyliolisthesis with L5 slipped anteriorly over S1, and after quite a few chiro’s I found the physio’s treatment gave me permanent (i.e. as new) improvement.
By the way, I voted “y” in your poll. 
Lower Back Exercise: Lie on your back, scrunch your knees to your chest, hold them for 5-10 seconds, then let them go back down straight. Repeat exercise 5 times. This works the lower back and abs.
Go to a chiroporactor, they usually have exercise manuals for getting the lower back back in shape. After a car accident I was in, they basically got me back to 100% with their exercise gym and constant readjustments/massages.
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hey
Looked at that page. Most of those we do in class.
best one i have heard of is frog kicks.
you hang from a bar (best if you have someone to hold you and keep you from swinging at first or get on one of those circuit stations designed for this exercise if you have access to one) and simply raise your knees to your chest as many times as you can.
great for your lower abs and lower back.
i know people say there is no difference between lower/upper ab exercises but i feel the work concentrated in the upper and lower when i do the exercises so poop on them. i know that you cant get one working without the other, but the logic i heard behind this is that your lower abs are naturally weaker and exhuast more quickly than your upper abs. so its best to do exercises that target this region and then move to ones that target the upper.
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Do the “Prone Lumbar Extension” from that site, but lift your legs up as high as possible too. Have your legs and arms straight. Hold. Niiiice.
Used to do that when i was little n used to do gymnastics.
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No one’s said Deadlifts yet?
Deadlifts are perhaps the ultimate lower back exercise.
Iron
i was going to say it…
But then i thought i’d have to change my handle to Deadlifter or something as much as i preach them:)
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yoga 
Well, the verdict appears to be yoga! Actually I was a little confused and clicked the wrong button when I posted those. But thanks for all the help.
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Quick fix for lower back pain ?
yeah, my friend has pain in the back at the end of the day, but that’s for sure just because she’s walking on high heels, now go tell a woman she can’t wear those shoes 
Is there a way to .. relieve the pain a little ? It’s not like it HURTS, but I can see it’s that type of uncomfortable .. backpain
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
Please 
Sorry, but don’t wear those shoes for that long a period of time.
Have her try holding her abs tight as she stands–not so tight that she can’t breathe, but tight enough so that they function as they should–an assistant spine stabalizer.
But, really, don’t wear those shoes.
Don’t worry I don’t And I don’t know a single woman that doesn’t wear high heels, plus she seems to be addicted to shoes lol, so no way I could make her stop wearing them ^^
Have her stand up and tense her abs as hard as she can while tensing her butt as hard as she can for 10-15 seconds. If she doesn’t know how to tense her butt, tell her to imagine pinching a quarter between her cheeks. That should help relieve lower back pain.
IronFist