< strong>Does stretching help for lower back pain?

Lower back pain has always been a nightmare that plagues many fitness people! When most people have lower back pain, the first thing they think of is to stretch their lower back to relieve the pain, but unfortunately this pain relief doesn't last long.

I have a buddy at my gym who suffers from lower back pain. He usually stretches his lower back in the morning, but the next morning he still feels just as bad.

The vicious cycle of low back pain

For many years, everyone has believed that you should stretch whichever side is sore, but in recent years, research has long found that this is not the case. In this way, if you have lower back pain, stretch and relax your lower back. In fact, the lower back is the victim. This is only exacerbating the root cause of the problem. In fact, it may make your lower back pain problem worse.

The following will further explain to you why stretching the lower back does not help relieve pain.

Flexion intolerance low back pain

< p>Most people may live in a flexed state for a long time, sitting in front of the computer to work for a long time, taking the car to get off work, swiping their mobile phones with their heads down, etc. Chances are you're in this position right now.

Here is a little explanation, what is intolerance?

Tolerance refers to the load he can bear before pain and problems occur. If tolerance is exceeded, pain will begin and eventually tissue damage will occur.

So what does this have to do with stretching the lower back?

Most people live with bad posture? . When standing or sitting in a bad posture for a long time, it means continuous load on the spine, and certain muscles are lengthened or shortened for a long time. This will not only cause muscle imbalance and pain, but also cause a decrease in tolerance. .

Think about every time you sit down and every bend you make throughout the day, you are stealing your body’s ability. This means that in your daily training and life, It is very easy to fall into pain

Disciplined maintenance of good body posture and increased lumbar stability during daily activities will give you greater training potential

Or. For people with severe back pain, this means that they have more abilities, allowing them to use abnormal postures such as picking up a child, carrying things while shopping, or getting in and out of a car. Bed, etc.

On the contrary, stretching the lower back will not help with this. In fact, it will steal some of your ability as mentioned above when you live with this spine all day long. In a bent posture, certain muscles (erector spinae, multifidus, latissimus dorsi, gluteal muscles, etc.) are in a continuously lengthened state for a long time. When these muscles are in a lengthened position, It means that they are less able to generate force and help the spine resist flexion and torsion.

Then why stretch Will your lumbar spine feel more comfortable now?

The reason why stretching will make you feel better temporarily is because by stimulating the receptors of the muscle stretch, you will not feel you temporarily. The muscles are in a stretched position and are temporarily relieved.

But in fact, stretching the muscles that have been stretched may cause more damage than the temporary comfort it brings to you. Much more.

And indeed these stretches actually cause more damage to the tissue.

What should you do to relieve lower back pain?

The first thing to do is to stop stretching your lower back and stop bending your lumbar spine. The next step is to focus on stabilizing your lumbar spine and increasing the activity of the thoracic spine and hip joints. degree, and teaches correct motor control.

It is recommended that you:

Find professional coaches and therapists to help

Stabilize your lumbar spine

Increase Muscle strength and postural control

Increase hip and thoracic spine mobility