BACK PAIN & POSTURE
REDUCING BACK PAIN AND IMPROVING POSTURE WITH EMS
FIRST , IDENTIFY WHAT ’ S CAUSING THE PAIN
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ROMARIOLE / SHUTTERTOCK . COM for at least 2 minutes . If you fail to hold that position for 2 minutes , you ’ re likely suffering from a glute weakness . This means you need to start adding glute strengthening movements . Strong glutes will directly help to prevent low back pain .
If you are looking to fix agonizing back pain or even prevent it from occurring , were going to show you four red flags that will help you identify what is causing the pain or could cause pain to your lower back in the future and how to get rid of it .
The first red flag is tight hip flexors
Because of their attachment to the lumbar paraspinal muscles , the hip flexors will pull on those muscles , which will then manifest themselves as low back pain . Addressing the tightness in the hip flexors will help to alleviate any back pain you currently have or may be at risk of having in the future .
The second red flag is weak glutes Having weak glutes will cause the muscles in the lower back to do extra work , leading to overuse and fatigue in those muscles which will lead to low back pain . A good way to test our glutes is to perform a reverse hyper-hold on a flat bench
The third red flag is the inability to stand for more than 20 minutes without pain
The constant shifting and no anterior pelvic tilt . If you notice that this keeps happening , that means that the muscles in the low back do not have the endurance to hold yourself up for extended periods of time . An anterior tilt will cause the hip flexors to not only pull on the muscles in the low back but will also cause those lumbar paraspinal muscles to do more work to hold your body up .
Lastly , take note of your sitting posture Sitting slumped in a chair with a posterior pelvic tilt is a good indicator that you ’ ll
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