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ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:09 am CnB beat me to it.


It can also help to roll your back up and down on one of those yoga rollers. Or massage it with one of those hooks.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:52 am

shindig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:55 am Anybody get lower back pain, sometimes not even knowing what is causing it? I jog on my treadmill 3-4 times a week, but usually only run 2.0-2.5 miles at a time. I also sit at a desk a lot (like a lot of us probably), so I bought a memory foam lumbar support for my chair. I've had a few people tell me to walk toe to heel to help alleviate the pressure on your sciatic nerve, but that just doesn't seem natural to me. I generally jog/walk heel to toe.

Maybe I need arch supports? I don't know. I've been focusing on sitting at my desk more upright instead of slouching, but that is also a bad habit to stop.

Any other advice. It's not chronic, but annoying sometimes. I have my heating pad on high right now and that seems to help. Or maybe I'm just getting old and this is how it is...lol.

i used to get hip and lower back pain. i’m at a desk or lab bench 95% of my work day, and have been for the past 5+ years

a new, nice mattress took care of it. sealy tempurpedic

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:54 am

ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:09 am CnB beat me to it.


It can also help to roll your back up and down on one of those yoga rollers. Or massage it with one of those hooks.

we’ve got both. the roller is great for alignment, if you do it right

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:16 am yoga tho....nope get out.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:46 am

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:44 am

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:36 am I did yoga one time. I was in college and did it as a part of a health class. At that point, I was an athlete for like 12 years. I was never as sore as I was the first couple of days after that yoga class. My goodness.

I also struggle with some back pain, it's attributed to an accident I had when I was a teenager that threw my hips out of whack a bit. Every once in a while they go a bit crooked and the chiropractor helps with that.

But I do want to try yoga again. I do think it would be beneficial for my overall health. According to multiple health websites that know their stuff, one of yoga's most important benefits is that it helps with back pain. Also helps with arthritis symptoms and heart health.

The yoga that most people do at home, myself included, is pretty much glorified stretching. New poses you didn't learn playing team sports in 90's/00's will stretch and extend areas you didn't know existed. Significantly helps your movement, exercise-included pain/soreness, and prevents injury. We've learned a lot over the years, which is why the majority of athletes do it now, and you won't find a home workout program that won't have it in its schedule.

And that's not getting into all the other physical and mental health benefits a crunchy hippie instructor will tell you about. And, yeah, it can be a workout in and of itself.

I was DRIPPING in sweat with that and like I said, I was sore. And I was a 19 year old college football player at a small college. It was brutal.

shindig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:56 am

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:52 am

shindig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:55 am Anybody get lower back pain, sometimes not even knowing what is causing it? I jog on my treadmill 3-4 times a week, but usually only run 2.0-2.5 miles at a time. I also sit at a desk a lot (like a lot of us probably), so I bought a memory foam lumbar support for my chair. I've had a few people tell me to walk toe to heel to help alleviate the pressure on your sciatic nerve, but that just doesn't seem natural to me. I generally jog/walk heel to toe.

Maybe I need arch supports? I don't know. I've been focusing on sitting at my desk more upright instead of slouching, but that is also a bad habit to stop.

Any other advice. It's not chronic, but annoying sometimes. I have my heating pad on high right now and that seems to help. Or maybe I'm just getting old and this is how it is...lol.

i used to get hip and lower back pain. i’m at a desk or lab bench 95% of my work day, and have been for the past 5+ years

a new, nice mattress took care of it. sealy tempurpedic

I sleep on my side or stomach, can never fall asleep on my back, unless I'm watching a movie on the sofa...lol. I bought a nectar mattress a few years ago and it's pretty firm, much better than my old mattress. Good pillows are also hard to find. They always seem too soft or too firm and then I end up with a kink in my neck.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:04 am I strongly believe tension leads to lots of back pain.
Yoga/breathing exercises release tension, promote blood flow.
Figuring out your stresses and dealing with them also will help.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:17 am Good point.

On that note, I’ll also recommend the sacred and ancient yogi practice of bong rips before each session.

shindig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:21 am

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:04 am I strongly believe tension leads to lots of back pain.
Yoga/breathing exercises release tension, promote blood flow.
Figuring out your stresses and dealing with them also will help.

Good point. I probably do stress about "just stuff" too much and then I get irritable. I think pressures of work, paying bills, paying the mortgage, fixing up my house, cleaning, mowing, etc. all gets to me over time. It seems my weekends are mostly filled with work around the house, which to some is a de-stressor, but for me it sometimes turns into an overwhelming need to always get things done. I'm sure many can relate.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:19 am I think you all talked me into it. I think I'm going to stream some youtube videos to my TV and do some yoga at home.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:24 am

shindig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:21 am

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:04 am I strongly believe tension leads to lots of back pain.
Yoga/breathing exercises release tension, promote blood flow.
Figuring out your stresses and dealing with them also will help.

Good point. I probably do stress about "just stuff" too much and then I get irritable. I think pressures of work, paying bills, paying the mortgage, fixing up my house, cleaning, mowing, etc. all gets to me over time. It seems my weekends are mostly filled with work around the house, which to some is a de-stressor, but for me it sometimes turns into an overwhelming need to always get things done. I'm sure many can relate.

sucks being an adult, doesn’t it?