Best Exercise for Low Back Pain: Front Plank
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Front Plank Physical Therapy Exercise Described By Toronto Physiotherapist Dev Chengkalath:
If you suffer from mechanical low back pain, there’s probably a good chance you’ve been told you have a weak core.
In the following video, the front plank exercise is demonstrated.
When used properly, this core and abdominal exercise is a fantastic tool to help alleviate the symptoms and the causes of low back pain.
Start in a legs fully extended position while braced on your forearms. Lift your hips and body off the ground and hold that “plank” position.
Make sure that you keep your spine in the neutral position without any excess rounding or arching while breathing normally.
Lower yourself back down, under control, to the starting position.
Hold for the desired amount of time or complete the desired number of repetitions.
Key Points:
-work in a pain free zone
-maintain neutral spine
-breathe normally
-hold for desired time or desired number of reps
Duration : 0:1:5
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I absolutely agree, …
I absolutely agree, much more is needed than just core work for back pain. The strengthening component is only one aspect of the recovery process.
I also agree that stiffening or hardening an area does not constitute healing and growth.
It’s not meant to.
It’s meant to stimulate and enable your body to work the way it was designed to work using anatomy to buttress against various potentially damaging forces.
Healing is actually a sub-cellular physiological action.
Not bad but …
Not bad but definitely not the best exercise for low back injury and/or pain.
Much more is needed than what these days is referred to as the “core”, but a reasonable start.
Until prioper strengthening exercise is understood and performed little or nothing will change.
Stiffening or hardening up an area does not constitute healing and growth.
In once sense, yes, …
In once sense, yes, you could get a similar effect from push ups. However, while holding the isometric position on the front plank, the duration that you’re challenging those specific core muscles is greater than when you’re moving through push ups. In a very basic sense, think of it as taking momentum away.
I had a question …
I had a question about the front plank… couldnt you get the same affect by doing push-ups?