10 Min Lower Back Therapy Workout Challenge for Android

11 things about 10 Min Lower Back Therapy Workout Challenge

1. Proper stretching of the muscles along with active exercise will help maintain normal range of motion and provide relief for muscles that are often suffering disuse atrophy (shrinking muscles from lack of use) or in spasm from inappropriate posture or nerve irritation.

2. These are specific exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles and low back muscles (erector spinae) to provide the aforementioned ‘belt of muscle’ around the spine.

3. As a general rule, low back pain patients should focus on stretching the lower back muscles, abdominal muscles, hips and legs.

4. The point of dynamic stabilization exercise is to strengthen the secondary muscles of the spine and help support the spine through various ranges of motion.

5. With lumbar traction, the patient lies on his back and is secured on a special table with a cable coming from the foot-end of the table that attaches to a strap that has been placed around the patient’s hips.

6. The goal of traction is to unload the disc space and muscles in the lumbar spine.

7. This unloading is thought to provide a recuperative period which allows the muscles to rest and takes pressure off the disc space.

8. This exercise utilizes the lower back muscles to ‘hyperextend’ the spine.

9. These exercises involve the use of a variety of exercises and may include use of exercise balls, balancing machines or specific stabilizing exercises.

10. Aquatic therapy can be very helpful for elderly patients and disabled patients who may not have the strength to do some of the exercises outside the aquatic pool.

11. The cable is attached to weights at the foot-end of the table that provide a continuous and gentle pulling force on the hips toward the foot-end of the table.