Low back exercises physical therapy

Learn about low back strain injuries and which physical therapy exercises and stretches are the best to promote faster recovery.

Low back painful? Check out 5 great stretches you can do right now at home to loosen up your lumbar spine and help you feel better.

Dra. Alejandra Alemán on Instagram: "Low back pain is a condition that affects everyone. Try these exercises to relieve your symptoms! #physicaltherapy #osteopathy #lumbarexercises"

March 15, 2023 Are you sitting a lot? If yes, then you're no stranger to the stiff or painful lower back. Try these lower back stretches to relieve tight and painful back.

Avoid these exercises if you're trying to exercise pain-free with an L4-L5 or L5-S1 disc injury! Have you been trying to exercise your way out of chronic low back pain after an L4-L5 or L5-S1 disc injury diagnosis? Maybe the exercises you're doing feel okay at the moment but leave you in pain and frustrated soon after. If that's you, there are specific exercises you MUST AVOID early in your pain relief and recovery journey, and which ones you should do instead!

Dr. Roni Glassman PT, DPT on Instagram: "Try this exercise to strengthen your low back 👍🏼 To target muscles that control rotation in the lumbar spine (multifidus, obliques) try the quadruped hip hike. I often find that patients who have a unilateral weakness in their backs find more difficulty with this exercise on one side versus the other. Give it a go 😊"

Looking for exercises for lower back and hamstring pain? These are the best physical therapy exercises to decrease pain and tightness.

A strong core is vital to healthy and strong movement. It also plays a key role in injury prevention. Check out these 5 core exercises everyone should be doing!

Triune Chiropractic on Instagram: "Lower back pain is the worst 😱 Here’s my favorite 4 Core exercises nicknamed the “Core 4”. 1. Bird Dog 2. Side Plank 3. Curl up 4. Glute Bridge These exercises strengthen the anterior, lateral, and posterior sides of the core. The glutes are added in from clinical experience with how often I find lower back muscle strains caused from “weak glutes”. Stronger core. Stronger bum. Stronger YOU. Yours in health, Dr. Carroll Triune Chiropractic Team"