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Best Exercise to Relieve Low Back Pain: Marching Bridge
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The Marching Bridge Core Stability Physical Therapy Exercise Described By Toronto Physical Therapist Dev Chengkalath:
An important component in low back pain rehabilitation is to stabilize the spine and pelvis while mobilizing the hips.
The marching bridge is an excellent Exercise that accomplishes both the above goals while being a bit tougher than the basic bridge.
Start by lying on your back, both knees bent and your hands by your sides.
From this position, brace your abdominal muscles (core) without pushing your belly out or sucking it in. Basically, keep your stomach tight.
Contract your buttocks as you lift your hips off the ground and drive them towards the ceiling. Don’t let your pelvis shift side to side.
Focus on keeping your torso in the same position throughout the movement while moving exclusively through your hips.
Don’t sag or move through your back at all.
While squeezing through your glutes, try to keep your hamstrings or back of your thighs as relaxed as possible.
Remember to breath normally.
At the top position, lift one leg up, keeping the knee bent and then return it back to the ground. Alternate between left and right legs while keeping the hips up, core tight and torso rigid.
Once you’ve completed your desired number of reps, return to the starting position.
Key points:
-only work in your pain free range
-keep your abdominals tight for the whole Exercise
-all bridging movements should take place at the hips
-squeeze your glutes as your drive your pelvis up
-keep your hamstrings as relaxed as possible
-at the top of the marching bridge, alternate lifting your bent knees
-breathe normally throughout the Exercise
Duration : 0:1:4
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Best Exercise to Relieve Low Back Pain: One Leg Bridge
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One Leg Bridge Core Stability Physiotherapy Exercise Described by Toronto Physical Therapist Dev Chengkalath:
This is one of the most challenging variations of the bridge Exercise.
Start by lying on your back with your hands by your sides, one leg extended out and one knee bent.
From this position, brace your abdominal muscles without pushing your belly out or sucking it in. Basically, keep your stomach tight.
From this starting position, go through the bridging movement, keeping the extended leg out.
Contract your buttocks as you lift your hips off the ground and drive them towards the ceiling. Don’t let your pelvis shift side to side.
Focus on keeping your torso in the same position throughout the movement while hinging exclusively through your hips. Don’t sag or move through your back at all.
While squeezing through your glutes, try to keep your hamstrings or back of your thighs as relaxed as possible.
Remember to breath normally.
Once you return to the starting position, alternate legs.
This variation is quite challenging and should only be attempted when you have mastered the other three variations.
Key points:
-only work in your pain free range
-keep your abdominals tight for the whole Exercise
-all bridging movements should take place at the hips
-squeeze your glutes as your drive your pelvis up
-keep your hamstrings as relaxed as possible
-start and end the one leg bridge with one knee bent and one leg straight
-breathe normally throughout the Exercise
Duration : 0:1:13
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Best Exercise to Relieve Low Back Pain: Hip Hinge
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The Hip Hinge Physical Therapy Exercise Described By Toronto Physiotherapist Dev Chengkalath:
This movement Exercise is fundamental to protecting your low back from aches and pains as it teaches you to move efficiently at the hips while sparing your spine from unnecessary trauma.
Start in a full kneeling position, with your buttocks resting on your heels.
From this position, drive yourself up to your knees by forcefully contracting through your glutes.
Lower yourself back to the starting position under control and repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Do not allow any movement to take place in your spine. All movement should take place at the hips only.
Key Points:
-start in a full kneel position, sitting on your heels
-forcefully contract through your glutes to an upright kneel
-lower back to the starting position under control
-don’t allow any movement through the spine
-only move through your hips
-breathe normally
Duration : 0:1:13
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Best Exercise to Reduce Low Back Pain: The Clamshell
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The Clamshell Physical Therapy Exercise Described By Toronto Physiotherapist Dev Chengkalath:
This Exercise is fantastic for activating some of the more functionally important hip/pelvis stabilizer muscles.
Start by lying on your side with your hips and knees bent. Keeping your ankles together, slowly move your knees apart (top knee moves away from the bottom knee) and then return to the starting position.
During this movement, make sure that your top hip stays facing the ceiling and doesn’t roll either forward or backward.
You can use your hand to make sure the muscle is contracting. To do so, place your thumb on the bony part on the front of your pelvis (ASIS) and reach back around with the tips of your fingers. You should feel for the movement underneath.
Key Points:
-start on your side with your hips and knees slightly bent
-keep your ankles together and spread your knees apart
-make sure your hip stays upright
-don’t let your hips roll forward or backward
-use your hands to feel the glutes contract
Duration : 0:1:0
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Best Exercise to Reduce Low Back Pain: The Squat (and variations)
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The Squat and Variations Described By Toronto Physiotherapist Dev Chengkalath.
Sit to stand:
This simple variation of the squat is an extremely functional low back pain rehabilitation Exercise that will help you retrain one of your most common movement patterns.
When executed properly, this Exercise will dramatically improve your hip mobility and increase your lumbar spine stability.
In order to complete this movement correctly, make sure you are a pushing your hips backwards into the seat while keeping your low back immobile. There should be little to no movement that takes place around your lumbar spine.
This movement should be done under control and you shouldn’t allow yourself to “plop” into the seat.
To stand back up, squeeze your buttocks to extend your hips and push yourself up off the seat. Make sure that there is no movement though the lower back.
Squat:
Use the same movements as the sit to stand, however, in this case, there is no chair used.
Squat down as low as you can while still keeping your torso in the neutral position, with no excessive rounding or arching.
With both variations, imagine spreading the floor apart with your feet, as though you are pulling taffy apart. This will activate your hip stabilizers and improve activation of the glutes.
Key Points:
-keep your head and chest up
-when sitting, push the hips back
-keep the spine in neutral, no excess rounding or arching
-movement should come through your hips, not your back
-spreading the floor apart to activate your hip stabilizers
Duration : 0:2:14
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