The majority of people occasionally experience lower back pain. Some doctors say that strengthening abdominal muscles can help with lower back pain. However, if you already have lower back pain, abdominal exercises like crunches are not good for your body. Crunches can make back pain worse by putting too much flexion on the lumbar spine. Lower back pain can be reduced and you can return to your normal activities sooner if you train and build up the deep stabilizers in the lumbar spine.
Pilates is an exercise that focuses on strengthening the lumbar spine’s deep stabilizers. Pilates is also an excellent form of exercise for recovering from lower back injuries. Pilates can help you strengthen your core, improve your movement control, and improve your movement precision.
Pilates will help you become more aware of your body, which is necessary for properly strengthening the deep stabilizer muscles in the lumbar spine. The majority of people don’t know if they use their deep stabilizer muscles, but if you don’t, you could have back pain.
You can improve your breathing technique with Pilates. In turn, this will assist you in reducing stress, which frequently contributes to lower back pain. You will become more aware of your body and be able to use your deep stabilizer muscles if you focus on your breathing.
As you learn how to properly engage your pelvic floor, which then works with your transverse abdominis, which is responsible for affecting the position of other lumbopelvic region structures, your core strength will increase.
Place the mat on the floor and lie down on your back for a Pilate’s exercise that will help target and strengthen your abdominal muscles. After that, you will raise your feet and place them on the mat with your hip width apart. Your spine should be in a neutral, relaxed, and not arched or flat position at this point. You are now in position and prepared to carry on with the exercise.
You will inhale and slightly nod your head in the direction of the exercise. After that, you’ll exhale as you lift your upper body off the mat but not your lower back. While performing the curl, at the end, raise your arms slightly off the mat. You will inhale and maintain your position at this point. Now that you’ve exhaled, return to your starting position on the mat, flat on your back. Perform this exercise five to eight times for each rep. Performing Pilate’s abdominal targeting exercises on a regular basis will help strengthen your lower back and alleviate or eliminate pain.
In addition to exercising, you can alleviate the pain by massaging your back with pain relief cream.