Do "squeezes" Help, If You Have Back Pain? ...or M Posted: 10-21-05 04:33am
Hi guys! I'd so appreciate any
advice.
I have some pain in the back, that
concerns me a lot.
It has been sort of a 'nuisance' and a
worry for a long while..., but now, it's
getting to be quite a bit more painful!!
I guess the big questions are:
stretching. does
stretching help? Does it make it worse
given that I
have lower back pain now
....(obviously, I am listening closely to
my body when I stretch). ....(on
stretching, my doctor confused. He said
along the lines of "don't start
'muscling', ab-wise, until you lose the
pain by stretching." but what if the pain
doesn't go away by stretching??? Do you
start 'muscling'?...
pelvic floor muscle
exercises: does the
squeezing help? I do 4 squeezes.. The
'holding the toilet', 'belly button down',
'on your 2 sides' spinal ones. Plus, I
do them riding, standing. I try to do
them a lot now, especially in the last few
days. are the pelvic floors the key
to unlocking this pain. I have a
feeling these exercises might be. I
will keep going for a few weeks. I
hope to experience a change.
I already experience
significant relief from these different
exercises, but it doesn't last for too too
long.
Sorry for blabbering. Any advice would
be extremely appreciated. And apologies
obviously for repetition of stuff done.
Thank you. This site is fantastic.
-----------------------------------------a
bit about me ;)
the
problem: I think it is 1 very
slightly prodruding disc or something like
that. It is particularly related to the
left side of that lower back area
(apparently, one of the conditions of this
particular disc problem).
the
pain: sometimes, I should say, I
feel fanastic. This morning, on my
bike, I was feeling on top of the world)
but: much of the time, I feel that damn
pain. (now, more often than before, and
more intense>) I feel the pain,
particular lower left back there... When
I sit down, stand up, walk sometimes, ride
sometimes, ...Do anything just about.
the
remedy: (well, I have tried a few
things. Some things have seemingly
helped in the past, like stretching and
certainly all the 'squeezing' exercises.
I had let it go a bit in the last month
or two... And now, it's not good at all.
) about the remedy: .... First there
are many many big questions. Part of
what's stressing me out is the not knowing
the answers to these. :)
