Lower back pain?

The lower back is a stability joint, not a mobility joint. Yet when people have lower back pain, they immediately start stretching and twisting it — which makes it worse. Your lower back doesn’t need more range of motion. It needs to be braced, stable, and left alone while you mobilize the joints above and below it: your hips and your thoracic spine.

This is the joint-by-joint concept: your body alternates between stability joints (low back, knees) and mobility joints (hips, ankles, shoulders, thoracic spine). 

So if your lower back hurts, don’t stretch it. Mobilize your hips. Strengthen your glutes. Work on thoracic extension. By addressing the joints around the problem, you often solve the problem without ever touching it directly. Scott Hogan, author of the book Built From Broken.

Coach Susan teaches these foundational pillars in her Back in Action class. Offered weekly, this small class focuses on movement to show you a path to a life free of back pain. Email Susan to join: susan@anastasiafit.com