Archive for the ‘Lower Back Exercises’ Category
Oct
14
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
“I stretch my back out every morning, but it still gets tight and achy. What do I need to do?”
This is often one of the most common questions people ask about for lower back tightness and aches. Although stretching your back feels like the right muscles to stretch, it is usually not the only muscle group that needs to be stretched. The lower back may already be over-stretched and may not even need to be stretched.
First thing to realize is that there are about 32 muscles that attach to the pelvis. The position of the pelvis effects how your back may feel. Therefore, there are a lot of muscles to consider relating to your lower back. There are five major muscle groups to consider to stretch for your lower back. These include:
- Hip Flexors (Iliopsoas)
- Hamstrings
- Chest (increase upper back extension)
- Buttocks
- Lower Back
I am going to talk about each muscle group in detail. Therefore, I have broken this article into four parts. I will address a muscle group in each article. I will explain this information in a Q&A format. I will first discuss the hip flexors and in particular the iliopsoas muscle.
Q: Where are the iliopsoas muscles?
A: The iliopsoas start in your lower back and attaches to the front of your hip (yes, from back to front).
Q: Why should the iliopsoas muscles be stretch?
A: When your hip flexors get tight, they make your back arch and cause compression on your spine.
Q: How should the iliopsoas be stretched?
A: They can be stretched in several positions. I will discuss some examples in the next question, but the most important techniques to consider is that you ‘tuck your tailbone under’ and keep your toes facing forward.
Q: What are some examples of stretchs?
A: There are many variations. All are great when done correctly. I will begin with the easier positions.
1. Stand with one leg in front of the other at hip width apart (stride position). You’ll be stretching the back hip flexor. Bend both knees slightly. Tuck tailbone under.
2. You can also stretch at the end of the table when lying on your back. Have your buttocks to the very edge of the table. Bring both knees to your chest. Keep one knee to your chest and then let the other leg drop off the edge of the table.
3. More advanced, you can do a “runner’s stretch”. Lie on your side and bring both knees to your chest. Grab the top ankle. Tuck your tailbone under. Bring the ankle back towards your buttocks.
4. Another advanced hip flexor stretch is in ‘half kneeling’. Kneel on one knee in a stride. Tuck your tailbone under and shift your weight forward. Make sure your front knee is above or behind your ankle.
5. You can also get a hip flexor stretch while hooping with one leg in front of the other (stride stance). Be sure your back foot toes are facing forward. There is a tendency for the toes to go outward. You may notice that the hooping stretch is performed in a functional position. This stretch while hooping is similar the stretch the hhip flexors get during walking.
Q: How often and how many times should I stretch my iliopsoas?
A: You can hold these positions for 30-60 seconds or move in and out of the stretch slowly and gently. Do not ‘bounce’. Do 1-2 sets in the a.m. and then again in the p.m. It is best to spread out your stretches to allow the muscle fibers to maintain their new length and keep it. For the hooping stretch, you can do the movement for 30-60 seconds in the a.m. and p.m. as well.
Q: What should I be careful of when stretching my iliopsoas?
A: You should not force a deep stretch so you can maintain correct spine and pelvic position for safety.
Q: What are some helpful hints and tips about the iliopsoas muscles?
A: It is good if you can have your iliopsoas released by a trained professional. It would also be good to get releases done to your quadricep muscles.
It is important to understand why you are stretching a particular muscle group. This understanding helps you do the exercise safe and correct. In the next article, I will address the hamstrings in further detail. The hamstrings, like the hip flexors, play an important role on the pelvis which affects the lower back. This will be discussed in great detail in Part II of ” What Do I Need To Stretch For My Lower Back Exercise Program?”
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Oct
17
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
Ready to learn about the second group of muscles that helps you when you have lower back muscle tightness and aches? In the first article of this fiver part series, “What Do I Need To Stretch For My Lower Back Exercise Program?”, I discussed the hip flexors. In this article, I will discuss the hamstrings in the same Q & A format. Let’s begin.
Q: Where are the hamstring muscles?
A: These long muscles start at your sit bones and attach to behind your knee. They include semitendinosis, semimembrinosis, and biceps femoris. Yes, the hamstrings are a set of three different muscles.
Q: Why should the hamstring muscles be stretch?
A: When they are tight, they pull on your pelvis causing your lower back to get rounded. This causes compression to your spine. Compression can lead to tightness, aches and eventually lower back pain and problems
Q: How should the hamstrings be stretched?
A: They should be stretched with your tail bone pushed out, not tucked in. But, make sure your lower back is not ‘locked’ in an arched position. Also, your knees should be straight.
Q: What are some examples of hamstring stretches?
A: There are many variations and positions. I will discuss some starting with the positions that are easiest to perform correctly.
1. Lie on your back with your buttock near a wall. Place one heel on the wall and the other foot flat on the floor with knee bent. Slide your heel along the wall until you can straighten your knee gently. Bring your buttocks closer to the wall for a further stretch. If you cannot straighten your knee all the way, move your buttocks back from the wall until you can and still feel and gentle stretch.
2. When you are comfortable with the first example position, you can do the same exercise using a towel, sheet or ring around your heel for support, instead of the wall. For a further stretch, you can flex your foot and turn your toes either inward or outward.
3. An advanced position would be in standing. Place your heel on a low table or chair. Make sure your tail bone is pushed out gently. Next, bend forward coming from the hips. Make sure your back is not rounded but in ‘neutral’.
4. Another advanced position is the standing forward bend. Often, people ’round’ their back from bending at the lower spine. It is important to bend from the hips and keep the tailbone out without arching your back. Also, keep your knees straight. (same principles apply to the hamstring stretch performed in sitting with your legs straight)
Q: How often and how many times should I stretch my hamstrings?
A: If you do not experience sharp pain, which I talk about below, you can hold the position for 30-60 seconds 1-2 times in the a.m. then 1-2 times in the p.m. to help build length in your muscles. Be sure not to ‘bounce’ in the stretch. Alternatively, you can oscillate in and out of the stretch gently 10 times 1-2 times in the a.m. and 1-2 times in the p.m.
Q: What should I be careful of when stretching my hamstrings?
A: You should not force a deep stretch cause you can irritate your sciatic nerve. If you feel a sharp pain, you are probably irritating the sciatic nerve. It is best to use the oscillating technique mentioned above. In this case,do not go into a deep stretch.
Q: What are some helpful hints and tips about the hamstring muscles?
A: If you are doing these stretches and everyday you have the same amount of tightness, it may not just be the length of the muscles. It could be the ability of the muscles to move from left to right. Certain massaging techniques that moves the muscles left to right may help with this. Also, be aware you may have more of a nerve issue rather than a muscle tightness. Furthermore, If you have a muscle tear, it would be wise to be under the supervision of a doctor or physical therapist. Often, muscle tears do not like to be stretched until enough healing has taken place.
I hope this helps you have a better understanding of your hamstrings. It is important to understand why you are stretching a particular muscle group. When you understand more about your body, it helps to do your exercises safe and correct. In the next article, I will address the chest muscles in detail. The chest muscles, like the hamstrings and hip flexors, play an important role on the pelvis which affects the lower back. This will be discussed in great detail in Part III of ” What Do I Need To Stretch For My Lower Back Exercise Program?”
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Oct
12
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
“I am looking for an exercise program that is fun, but works to keep my back strong.” Although both Pilates and hoola hooping have been around for some time, let me tell you why these exercise programs are great for lower back and general exercise programs.
When performing Pilates exercises, it is important to perform them using the principles of movement. These principles includes breathing, body alignment, activating your core, elongation of the spine, spine articulation (spine moving wave-like), and integrating movement. Just by hoola hooping, all these principles get incorporated.
Both Pilates and hoola hooping focuses on movement. In particular, correct body movement. When performing both these methods, you learn to improve your body awareness. You learn to ‘feel’ where your body is in space. You also improve body posture. As you lengthen your spine, you align your body better. Also, you tap into your core muscles. This is important to stabilize your spine for safe movement. You also increase your body balance and symmetry on your left and right side. Finally, you lose weight because it is fun and you keep moving and burning calories.
It is ideal to have an exercise program that your are motivated to do and have fun doing. Both Pilates and hoola hooping help release endorphins to give you a euphoric feeling. You no longer have to dread exercising, but look forward to your workout time.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Oct
12
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
There are so many lower back exercises and approaches to exercises, how do you know which are best for you? Once you gain an understanding that you are trying to strengthen your core muscles, your choices become simpler.
Be sure you understand that it is important not only to work core muscles, but how you do the exercises. Once you gain an understanding that core muscles stabilize the spine all day, it makes sense that you want to do exercises that hold for a long period of time. Holding the exercise for the core will train the muscles correctly to do their job. Yes, there job is to make your spine stable day and night!
One of the most fun and beneficial exercise that works the core is hoola hooping. Once you get the ’spin’ going, you tap into the core muscles. You ‘wake’ them up. And because hooping is so much fun, you can build up spinning the hoop for longer periods of time. In this exercise, you actually perform a ‘functional’ exercise.
A ‘functional’ exercise is when you are performing movement that looks like a daily activity. For example, when you are hooping in stride position, it works a position you go through in your walking cycle. Also, in this position, it stretches your hip flexor muscles. The hip flexors are often a culprit of lower back pain. This position also replicates the movement you do when you reach up for an object. And this is with only basic hooping.
As you progress with hooping exercises,, you can challenge your core in other functional positions like squatting. The more you can find exercises in functional positions, the more benefit you will get out of the exercise. On the other hand, a non-functional exercise may get that muscle stronger, but not necessarily be stronger when doing an activity. For example, one exercise for your quadriceps is in sitting. You sit on a machine with your leg bent and push a weight up to straighten your leg. Where would you realistically need to do that daily? See my point? So, it is best to find ‘functional’ lower back exercises.
Some other ideas include bridging while squeezing a ball between your knees. Once you build up your stamina and hold the exercise for longer periods of time, you are waking up the core muscles in another functional position. Another functional core exercise would be on your hands and knees. This position is known as quadraped. In this exercise, you reach with your arms and/or legs in different variations. It is important to do this exercise trying to make yourself long with each reach. You want to make sure your spine maintains a ‘neutral’ posture. This really wakes up the core muscles along your upper and lower back and abdomen. This exercise helps stabilize your spine for activities you may do on your hands and knees like scrubbing the floor or playing with your children.
Using these examples may further help you decide if an exercise will tap into your core and help you in a functional way. Remember, once you understand what you are trying to achieve in an exercise, you can modify and change the exercise to fit your needs and be safe.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Sep
26
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
Have you ever noticed that you and your horse are a lot alike? Have you ever observed that if your right lower back is tight or painful, your horse may also have a tight or painful right lower back? If so, why is that? Does your body’s compensatory movements for tightness or pain effect your horse’s movement? Could that cause eventual pain for your horse?
If a rider cannot allow their body to move freely, then neither can your horse. Over time, your horse may need to learn movement patterns to compensate also. Once your horse begins to imprint these motor patterns, they become less supple and prone to injury.
Ultimately, we want to enhance our horse’s beauty and not inhibit their movement. Therefore, our ground work is just as important as our horse’s ground work!
If a rider is more relaxed in her seat (pain-free), then the spine can be more supple. In order to maintain a ‘good seat’ while riding, you must have a strong core. You also must be in good postural alignment. It also helps to have your body balanced, symmetrical, and good body awareness. These concepts are improtant for a lower back exercise program. It is important for these principles to be grasped on the ground.
One way to acheive these principles of a lower back exercise program is with the hoola hoop. As a physical therapist with advanced certifications and Pilates certification, I have found that hooping is a fun and beneficial tool to meet these goals. As you gain core stabilization, improve posture, increase balance, symmetry and body awareness, you will notice your seat and riding will also improve. As your movement improves on your horse, so will your horse’s beauty and movement.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Oct
10
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
I have lower back pain! Now what am I supposed to do? What am I working to achieve with exercises for my lower back pain? One minute I hear stretch and the next it’s about strength, but you’re supposed to be ‘protecting’ your back also. Which is it?
What are good lower back exercises?
What we want to accomplish is mobility with stability. Mobility with stability is the body’s neuromuscular system’s ability to stabilize a joint or a group of joints while allowing movement in other places.
This is measured in either a static or dynamic posture. A static posture for the trunk, for example, is reaching overhead. When reaching overhead, the trunk needs to steady while the arms move to do the task. In a relative dynamic posture, like shoveling dirt, the trunk is stabilizing while twisting and the arms are doing the task.
What about flexibility? Yes, it’s part of the recipe and is measured by the length a muscle can stretch from its origin to connection. And strength? Yes, strength is necessary and measured by how much weight (include your own weight in that) a body part can move. Although we need both flexibility and strength, if our body does not learn to stabilize during activities, our body’s natural protective mechanism will not kick in and can lead to injury and pain of the spine. Once pain sets in, the whole system can “shut off”.
There is a different focus during exercises to achieve mobility with stability than when you’re going for flexibility with strength. Lower back exercises that focus more on stability with mobility include core stabilization exercises. We want to wake up the “long-lasting” muscle fibers. They are built to hold us in correct alignment. But, sometimes these “long-lasting” muscles get a little lazy from disuse or “shut off” from pain.
I like to use a specific technique developed by pioneer Physical Therapist, Gregg Johnson, to “wake up” these stabilizing muscles. In short, you ‘wait out’ the quicker acting ‘phasic’ muscles that start an action and when they start to shake with fatigue, the “long-lasting” tonic muscles kick in. Re-establishing a stabilizing effect to the core muscles.
So it’s the whole enchilada that adds up to comfort and avoiding re-injury. Thus, it is very important to focus on stabilizing exercises with mobility. Once your core muscles have kicked in and have minimal to no pain, it is also important to have the flexibility and strength to perform the task at hand. At the same time, we need to build the stamina and endurance to perform your activities safely. The hoola hoop is an excellent tool that can provide safe exercises to aid in meeting these goals and you get to have some fun while you do it.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Sep
22
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
Why is it that most kids can pick up a hula hoop and move so fluidly and easily? Yet, when some adults start to hoop again, they are stiff and unsuccessful. What happened?
It seems that kids tend to be uninhibited, pain-free, and secure with their body movements. They are not concerned with their body image and can fully embrace the hoop. Their spine is supple and muscles are relaxed. Kids are more often tapped into their parasympathetic state of their nervous system.
The term “fight or flight” refers to the state of our nervous system. According to certified hypnotherapist (CHt.) Stephanie Moses, who practices bio-emotional release, states we are either in a “parasympathetic or sympathetic state of the nervous system.” Long ago, we would go into a sympathetic state if we were being chased by a lion, tiger or bear! Today, we are rarely being chased by life threatening animals or situations, but by our boss, co-worker, family and friends. In a sympathetic state, the body needs to run so the “spine gets stiff.” Then we wonder why we have lower back pain. When the spine is stiff, the hoop will fall!
The looser our spine gets, the more we can hoop and live in a parasympathetic state of mind! This is also a fantastic lower back exercise. An activity that encourages your spine both smooth and fluid movement, also allows circulation and healing to occur. The better we can move, the better we can enjoy a pain-free life!
As a certified Polestar Pilates and Certified Functional Manual Therapist, I encourage both male and female patients to get a large hoop so they can become a successful and safe adult mover. It improves body-spacial awareness, posture, and core strength. These components are goals for lower back exercises. Also, hooping can help evaluate function and sequencing of the body’s movements.
Once you get the movement back in your pelvis and spine, you will find it hard to put your hoop down. I have seen kids hoop for hours without a moment’s rest. What an energizing lower back exercise program!
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Oct
11
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
“My back hurts me right here.” Unfortunately, helping with lower back pain is not always that easy. Often, it takes detective work. Usually, the person is pointing to a symptom of lower back pain and not the cause. Our body is highly trained in compensating movement in order to avoid pain.
If a minor injury occurs and it is treated immediately, it is easier to evaluate and manage the cause. As time goes on, and the body learns compensatory movement patterns, the detective work begins.
It is said that after an acute injury to the lower back, it should take about three weeks to resolve. If it does not resolve, the pain can go from subacute to chronic at about six weeks. Chronic pain is much more challenging to treat.
Not only does the body learn compensatory movement patterns, but the body then produces more pain receptors. The brain will interpret these pain receptors as increased body pain. This can cause a chronic pain cycle to begin. When this nerve pain cycle begins, even if the mechanical issues of the lower back are corrected, the perception of pain can continue.
Pain can be mechanical, thermogenic and/or chemical. Manual therapy and lower back exercises can treat the mechanical pain. Thermogenic is related to cold and heat provoking pain. Chemical pain refers to inflammation. Also, the body releasing chemicals to the brain will continue to make pain receptors. At this point, education to the patient becomes a key component.
Chronic pain causes difficulty in having a good quality of life. It also can shorten your length of life if not controlled properly. It is important to address lower back pain as well as other pains so optimal treatment can be given. When a person is proactive with pain, they usually have better outcomes.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Sep
20
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
Most people do not like the feeling of being constipated or having diarrhea. And often most people are uncomfortable talking about it. But, in our society, it is a familiar body dysfunction. When your digestion is working properly, you may have a bowel movement (BM) after each meal. That can be at least three a day! Some people are lucky if they get one a day. The local drug store is filled with over-the-counter medicine to help this problem in the bathroom. There has got to be a better answer. I was first exposed to visceral(organ) work with the founders of the Institute of Physical Art (IPA), Gregg & Vicky Johnson. Inspired by another physical therapist Kent Keyser, senior faculty of the IPA, I started taking courses with the Barral Institute. The founder of the Barral Institute, Jean-Pierre Barral, has opened my eyes to the deeper layers of the human body.
Through the Barral Institute, I have taken several courses from Gail Wetzler and Dee Ahern. Also, I have studied many texts written by Jean-Pierre Barral. I love and recommend reading his book “Understanding The Messages Of You Body”. Dr. Barral says, “An organ in good health has physiological movement.” Our digestive organs can become healthier by the foods we eat. If you are otherwise healthy, your diet can help with a good bowel movement. Eat more fiber (figs), fruits, and leafy greens and cook and chew well your beans, peas, cabbage, onion, artichokes, mushrooms and leeks. Also, the more you move your body, the more you can stimulate your digestive organs. Our intestines are 26 feet long in coils. The intestines works together with the other digestive organs and are able absorb useful nutrients for the health of the body. A tight and tense abdomen is a sign that the digestive system is not working properly and it may cramp. Also, morning tiredness that goes away as the day goes on could also be a sign of the intestines not functioning properly according to Dr. Barral. Also, when there is tension or gas in the intestine it makes it more challenging for the breathing muscle, diaphragm, to do its job. This can cause burping or heart burn. Also,when the small intestines gets irritated and cannot do its job, the large intestines must finish digesting the food causing a release of gases and causes flatulence. It also makes it uncomfortable to wear belts or tight clothing around our waist. Constipation can become an obsession. When the fecal matter does not eliminate and hardens, it can cause problems for circulation of blood and lymphatics. It is true, if you miss your “window of opportunity” for a bowel movement, constipation can set in.
Dr. Barral explains that activity will “stir” the contents of the intestines. Deep breathing can “massage” the intestines. He explains that dysfunction to the lumbar spine or tail bone can cause intestinal problems. Dr. Barral also recommends relaxation to help the intestines. Here is where the hoola hoop comes in! The rhythmical repetitive motion of the hoola hoop over the abdomen can have many benefits. Hooping movement “massages” the abdomen and allows the mind and body to relax while exercising. Hooping also stimulates the core and postural muscles. This can help with back problems. In addition, increasing your hooping time can become a cardiovascular workout. This will help your breathing. What a fun way to get so many health benefits without leaving your home.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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Sep
16
Posted by Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
Have you ever gone to the doctor for lower back pain and was told to either lose weight or do lower back exercises? If so, the hoola hoop may be the tool for you. About 45% of the US population has had lower back pain and it’s the second leading cause for disability.
As a Certified Functional Manual Therapist and Pilates Certified Physical Therapist, I have had the opportunity to treat patients primarily diagnosed with acute or chronic lower back pain. Often, the patient’s lower back pain is mechanical in nature. Mechanical lower back pain is a result of a dysfunction of the muscles/ligaments and/or misalignment of the spine and/or pelvis. Therefore, they CAN be treated with manual therapy, education, and lower back exercises.
According to pioneer physical therapist, Gregg Johnson, our core stabilizers are the transverse abdominus, pelvic floor muscles, multifidus,and deep fibers of the hip flexors and quadratus lumborum. When our body experiences lower back pain, our body has a mechanism that “inhibits” these muscles. Once these muscles are “sleeping”, our body lacks protection from perturbations. This can lead to further injury and pain.
Our body has two types of muscle fibers: phasic and tonic. Our phasic muscles are our “movers” for quick movements like getting out of bed and do not last long. On the other hand, our tonic muscles are for “posture” by stabilize the body. Tonic muscles are capable of working for long periods of time. Therefore, the core muscles are known as tonic muscles. Again, when the body feels pain, these tonic muscles, known as “core stabilizers”, turn off and it is my job to teach you specific exercises to “wake” those muscles up again.
Therefore, I focus on core stabilizing exercises to “wake” up the “protective” muscles. One way to do this is with hoola hooping. Many patients note their abdomen feeling sore the next day after hooping and did not even feel like they were working their abs out.
Not only does the hoola hoop focus on core stabilization, certain movements performed in conjunction with the hoop can also help with lower back pain. These lower back exercises with the hoop can help improve posture, increase coordination and balance, gain body awareness and symmetry, teach your spine and pelvis to be supple again, and lose weight from a cardiovascular perspective. These additional benefits can also help decrease lower back pain.
As you know, lower back pain can be very disabling. Hoola hooping lower back exercises can also help prevent lower back pain and help your body be efficient with its movement and perform your daily functions with increase ease.
Jodi Jainchill PT, CFMT
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