Back Exercises Can Help Ease Back Pain

A lot of people are mistaken when think that back exercises should be avoided if you have pain in your back. Of course it is understandable - people are afraid of stretching and damaging back and aggravating the pain. However for the most problems with the back the natural healing process is exercise. If controlled, regular back exercises provide good long term solution for preventing and reducing back pain.

So how really back exercises help? First of all such kind of fitness activity allows discs to receive its nutrition by exchanging fluids. When the disc is healthy it swells with liquid and then squeezes it out. But when there is the lack of back exercises - the discs swell but do not squeeze and thus degenerate. Another plus of back exercises is that they support the back muscles and hold the back properly. The back along with abdominal muscles acts as an internal corset that supports the facet joints, discs, and ligaments.

The best way to recover from back surgery and prevent episodes of back pain is back exercise. Ideally the exercises and fitness programs for pain relief and for improving the patients' overall health should be integrated during most phases of treatment.

So as you see the main purpose of back exercises is to improve the strength and flexibility of the abdominal and trunk muscles that are essential for the low back care. Such program may improve the posture, athletic performance and increase your endurance.

Distinguish more than a dozen back exercises. Among them are pectoral stretch, backward bending, side bending, upper back stretch, full back release, trunk rotation, push up, knee push up, hip extension, press up, lying prone in extension, hand-knee rocking, hip extension, tail wagging, cat and camel, curl ups, lower abdominal exercises, pelvic lift, hip rolling, pelvic tilt, knee to chest.

One of the best back exercises is considered to be deadlift. It is very simple and plain. Almost all muscles needed for the back are involved there. However, not much people like to use it in their exercise programs, because of exhaustion and pain that follows after a good deadlift workout. So you'd better be careful with that and do not try it without the pro. Skillful instructor may advice you few things during this back exercise. Do not do heavy weights from the beginning. Do not let your legs and knees moves during the lift. Getting off balance goes along with the risk of serious injury. Do not rush your rest when doing this back exercise. The deadlift is quite taxing on your entire system. You'd better do it once a week at most if you're taking it to failure. Also you may allow plenty of rest between deadlifts in your workout scheduling.

Before beginning your back exercises program, you should better discuss it with your personal doctor and follow his advice. It is very important to exercise regularly. Before exercising you should warm up with slow rhythmic exercises. Remember - if you have not exercised for a while, the warm up by walking will do.