Decrease your back pain by increasing your core strength.
Posted Jan 18 2010 3:47am
In the old days, no one talked about core strengthening and its relationship to back pain. Football players, ballet dancers, and gymnasts went to practice and class and did what they did. We now know that much of what these highly trained athletes were doing was designed to strengthen their core musculature.
Your core muscles include your deep abdominal muscles and your deep spinal, pelvic, and hip muscles. Core muscles are trained by large, compound movements that use your body’s own weight as a gravitational load. Squats, push-ups, pull-ups, and jumping jacks are all excellent core exercises.
Again, decades ago athletic coaches never talked about core exercises. They just knew these basic, fundamental exercises were critically important for their students’ success. My Chiropractic office consistantly recommends core exercises to strengthen our patients back. Visit my website at http://www.southingtonchiropractor.com/custom_content/44486_services_and_products_offered.html to see the type of core exercises we recommend.
Additional important core exercises include the plank, pelvis press-ups, and the scorpion. Your chiropractor will be able to help you select a group of core exercises that will work for you.
In the old days, no one talked about core strengthening and its relationship to back pain. Football players, ballet dancers, and gymnasts went to practice and class and did what they did. We now know that much of what these highly trained athletes were doing was designed to strengthen their core musculature.
Your core muscles include your deep abdominal muscles and your deep spinal, pelvic, and hip muscles. Core muscles are trained by large, compound movements that use your body’s own weight as a gravitational load. Squats, push-ups, pull-ups, and jumping jacks are all excellent core exercises.
Again, decades ago athletic coaches never talked about core exercises. They just knew these basic, fundamental exercises were critically important for their students’ success. My Chiropractic office consistantly recommends core exercises to strengthen our patients back. Visit my website at http://www.southingtonchiropractor.com/custom_content/44486_services_and_products_offered.html to see the type of core exercises we recommend.
Additional important core exercises include the plank, pelvis press-ups, and the scorpion. Your chiropractor will be able to help you select a group of core exercises that will work for you.