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Stretching is great. If you're older and having chronic back pain, consider the advice of Dr. Stuart McGill and avoid stretching your back. It probably feels
by 01100011 4y ago
Stretching is great. If you're older and having chronic back pain, consider the advice of Dr. Stuart McGill and avoid stretching your back. It probably feels good for you in the short-term, but you could be weakening the tissue surrounding your discs, setting yourself up for herniation, and causing other joint issues.
I've had chronic back issues since I was 19 and they ended in my late 40s when I stopped stretching my back and focused on static strength exercises(McGill "big 3" plus lots of lat & trap strength training).
- asimpletune 4y agoA lot of back pain actually comes from tight hip flexors, quads, and glutes. Everything is connected and if you have a desk job, these things can get tight. This leads, counter-intuitively, to pain experienced in the lower back.
- downrightmike 4y agoSquats helped my back massively. Sad that I didn't try it sooner.
- maroonblazer 4y agoI had chronic lower back pain that a chiropractor, after 8 visits, couldn't fix. Did a yoga class and afterward asked the instructor if she could suggest any stretches. She surmised that stretching the psoas by grabbing my ankle and pulling my foot/leg behind me would help. Miracle cure.