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HELP...need good lower back stretches!

SweetPea19
SweetPea19
OK so I've been advidly working out for the past 2 months on my elliptical machine! I've been really proud of myself because I've kept up with the workouts. EXCEPT last week...I have progressively been having more and more lower back pain...and last week I just about had it and couldn't work out at all last week!

I need to get going again and the elliptical is the only exercise machine I really can handle because the treadmill is too hard on my legs. SO I need to know if any of you have some GOOD lower back stretches to help me out!

If you have a link to a web-site or just basic one's that have worked for you any suggestion would be so helpful!

Thank you in advance :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well, there's a couple just depends what works well for you. You could sit at the edge of a chair and just bend forward, you can also do a hanging stand (just stand and hang forward like you're trying to touch your fingers to your toes). Also, a good one I love to do but you need to find something sturdy like a pole (I sometimes just use a Stop sign when walking)...standing straight, cross your feet so one is in front of the other, grab the pole and lean back so you're arching your back, I lean a little to one side as well until I feel a good stretch. Give those a shot!
deleted_user
deleted_user
It can be dificult to trace the source of back pain. Stretching might have some temporary relief, but I doubt the effects will last until you figure out the cause. Stress can be a big factor. Breathing during workouts, impact on your legs, carrying extra weight, etc...

Figure out the cause, and eliminate that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
here aere my back stretches . never failed me.

clasic: feet shoulder width apart. hand on back. lean back give only a lil with hips.

stand up straight. 1 arm over head, and tilt till it stretches. DON"T BOB. do same with othe arm.


lay on ground. feet out straight, back on ground. pull on knee toward you body. grab with both hands and gently tug it snug. hole a few seconds. replace leg slowly. do same with other foot.

hope that helps. those wee my exercises for back injury prevention during my 10 years of skateboarding. that and water.

this helped me from long drops, hitting walls. falling and rolling on hard scurfaces.

also. the correct neck stretches could help you too.

look straight ahaed. turn neck right, face foward, then face left, then forward. stretching it a little at each step. then look up, stretch, then down and stretch. don't ever roll the head unless you doc said so cuz of a neck injury.

ty Godbless