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• Strengthens back muscles
• Increases circulation
• Helps to decompress the spine

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Many of us feel that when the back hurts it is better to let it have as much rest as possible. Exercising during back pain is considered to be something that must be avoided. This notion is understandable because one feels that burdening one’s back with excess activity might damage the back further. However, what is not realized is that exercise is a part of the process of healing.

Fitness activities do not damage the back but they help the discs to get nutrition by exchange of fluids. A lack of exercise makes the discs degenerate. That is one thing that back exercise does not allow. Another advantage is that the exercise builds the supporting back muscles. These muscles take much of the load and thus relieve the spine, which prevents injuries to the spine.

If you have undergone a back surgery, mild back exercises would help the muscles gain strength and you could recover much faster.

Basically, the primary purpose of exercising one’s back is to build strength and improve flexibility. The key here is that you should not overdo them. There is quite range of exercise for you to choose from. Some of them are backward bending, hip extension, press ups, pectoral stretch, side bending etc.

The ‘dead lift’ is one of the best back exercises. However, it is not recommended for everyone because though it strengthens the back better than most of the exercises, but it needs quite a considerable strength and needs to be done with precision. If it is not done properly it may result in injury. Besides, it is one of those exercises that leave one exhausted after the workout. Therefore, it is important that if you decide to go for a ‘dead lift’ workout, make sure that you do it under the supervision of an expert. Another important thing is that you should start light. Do not start lifting heavy weight right away because that may injure your back.

Now comes the rest part. Give yourself proper rest because muscles need rest to recuperate and that’s how they gain strength. So, if you do not take proper rest, chances are that you might not derive as much strength from your workouts as you otherwise could. Exercise is the best way to have a healthy back. Start today.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/exercise-for-back-pain-relief-good-or-bad-126961.html

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Pain in the back takes one’s ability to move and disable one to a very large extent. One finds it difficult to perform even the simplest of activities, which makes every second of one’s life miserable. An injury to the back is, therefore, one of the most painful things possible to a human being.

When back pain comes to make your life hell, there is not much you can do about it other than trying to get some relief. However, back pain can be avoided to a great extent by taking proper care of one’s body. All you have to do is just take a little time out of your busy schedule and do some physical exercises for the back. The exercises for back should include not only those that strengthen the muscles in your back but also the muscles that support your back.

Core abdomen muscles need a good everyday work-out to remain in good shape and to be able to support the back effectively. Sit ups and abdomen crunches are considered to be a good abdomen exercise that works to strengthen the core abdomen muscles.

Thigh muscles too must be exercised so as to make them capable of bearing some of the load that the back would have to otherwise bear alone. This relieves pressure from the back and does not allow one’s daily activities to be too taxing on one’s back. For thighs, squats are a good exercise. In order to strengthen them further, one might also squat carrying some weight. However, the weight should not be unbearable and one should be able to lift it quite effortlessly.

Before you begin your day’s exercises, an important thing to remember is the warm up. Do not begin exercising without warming up because a lack of adequate warm up may cause muscles injury, which could keep you out of action for days, if not weeks. A five-minute warm up is sufficient and walking makes an excellent warm up exercise.

Last but not the least, visit a specialist to get an exercise schedule designed for yourself. He would be able to tell you what exercises would suit you best considering your overall health, physical strength and stamina. You back is the backbone of your life; do take care of it.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/back-pain-exercise-what-you-must-know-126113.html

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Back pain is a complaint doctors hear about frequently. People want information on backaches. They want doctors to treat pain in the back. Many want to know the causes of pain in the lower right back.

Information about the Lower Right Back

It is important to understand the structure of the lower right back if we are to understand what causes pain there.

Your back, with its spinal column of vertebrae, connecting ligaments, tendons, large muscles, and nerves, is designed to be incredibly strong and flexible. Yet things can go wrong with this awesome structure.

* Muscles can be strained
* Ligaments can be torn
* Joints can be injured
* Bones can be fractured
* Nerves can be irritated
* Discs can be herniated
* Stress can tighten back structure

The lower back seems especially susceptible to injury, since it bears the weight of the torso, and makes more movement than the upper back. Its constant work can cause parts to break down and wear out over the years.

The lower right back has soft tissues that can be involved in pain. Those large, complex muscle groups that support your spine and help you move can be strained by improper lifting or posture. In fact, muscle strain is the most common cause of lower back pain. Twisting or pulling one of the following muscles can produce pain in the lower right back.

* Extensor muscles: These paired muscles in the lower back and gluteus help support your spine. If the one on the lower right back is injured, it will be painful.
* Flexor muscles: Attached to the spine’s front, these muscles help you flex, bend forward, and lift things. Again, injury to the right flexor muscle can cause lower right back pain.
* Oblique muscles: This muscle group is attached to the sides of the spine. The oblique muscles help your spine rotate, and give you good posture.

In addition to simple muscle strain, injury to ligaments, joints, and bones can also cause muscle pain. If one of these structures is injured or inflamed, back muscles can go into spasm, drastically limiting your movement and cause pain in the lower right back.

Stress is a common cause of pain in the lower right back. Stress will make your back muscles tighten. This happens to every muscle in the body, as we move into a “fight or flight” response. Muscles that are tightened lack the energy they need to support the spine. If the stress is frequent, and measures are not taken immediately to relieve it, lower right back pain can easily develop.

Information on Chronic Lower Right Back Pain

If lower right back pain lasts more than two weeks, you are likely to stop using the aching muscles in order to protect yourself from that pain. With disuse, the muscles can waste (atrophy) and weaken. This will increase the pain, since your muscles are less able to support your spine. If you increase your protection, and continue to avoid using the muscles, the cycle will continue, with the pain worsening at each turn. Chronic lower right back pain will result. This is why doctors urge patients with lower right back pain to exercise daily.

Information about Lower Right Back Pain Symptoms

You need to understand the symptoms of your pain as well. It is difficult to treat pain without knowing clearly what and where the symptoms are. You will want to gain a sense of exactly where your lower right back hurts. Is the pain focused in one small area, or does it spread throughout the lower right back? Is it confined to the lower right back or does it radiate into other parts of the body? Here are two major kinds of pain in the lower right back.

Lower Right Back Pain Symptom #1

Is yours a deep, aching, dull, or burning pain? Does it travel down your leg? If so, your lower right back pain may be chronic back pain.

Lower Right Back Pain Symptom #2

Perhaps yours is a very sharp pain, deep in the lower right back. This symptom may be the result of a back injury.

Information on Relieving Lower Right Back Pain

My personal physician assures me that the best relief for lower right back pain is usually exercise. Gentle exercises, performed daily with warm-up and cool-down, will strengthen the core muscles around the lower back area, relieving the pain and making them less susceptible to future injury.

CAUTION: Pain in the lower right back may also be caused by kidney stones or other non-muscular problems. Be sure to ask your health care provider for advice on any back pain.

Anna Hart
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/what-are-the-causes-of-pain-in-lower-right-back-117782.html

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At large, back pain is predominantly caused due to improper positions of sitting and standing. But injuries in muscles or bone tendons also contribute to back pain in many people.

Your body is made of many different types of muscles, which aid in the locomotion of the different body parts. But, in all of them, the Hamstring muscle is the most important. Hamstring muscles are a set of the most sensitive muscles that are present in your body. They are present in and around your lower limb. Being so sensitive, they are prone to injuries very easily. Hamstring muscles are located at the back of your thigh.

Hamstring muscles are basically present in a set of three distinct muscles. These muscles help in the movement of the legs, hip movement and also the knee movement. Pulling of the hamstring muscles, form the most common form of muscle injury. The muscle pull will generally start with a mild pain in the stretched area of the limb. If not taken care of in time, the pain may aggravate, moving towards the thigh area and eventually to the back.

With this cascading movement of pain, the magnitude of the pain will also increase. Eventually the pain will become sharp and unbearable. This pain can become so intense that it can even handicap you by acting as a hurdle in managing your day to day activities.

Therefore, the best advice here is to give a little more attention to your torn-out or stretched hamstring muscle and avoid back pain. There is a set of procedures that you need to follow in dealing and curing your worn hamstring muscle.

Start with giving as much rest to the affected area and try to keep the movement in that part of the body as low as possible. Also, ice the area regularly. Icing provides relief to the tensed muscles causing back pain. Once you think that you have sufficiently iced the stretched area, compress the injury with the help of a bandage. Last, but not the least, follow the elevation process with the help of an elevation device.

And not to forget, exercises are the best help that you can give yourself in relieving back pain caused due to hamstring muscles. The exercises to be followed should be mild, concentrating more on the affected area, rather than the other body parts.

Just a little attention and care, you can avoid the back pain that can occur due to the pulling of the hamstring muscles.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/can-a-hamstring-muscle-injury-be-a-reason-for-your-back-pain-132639.html

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