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The 3 Best Exercises to Help Back Pain

Many people, young and old, experience back pain.  Exercises such as sit-ups and double leg lifts can actually cause back pain  and should be avoided. Muscle endurance, rather than strength training should be focused on to prevent back pain.  Research  was done by McMasters University in Canada*, and they listed the three best exercises for good back health:

1. Curl-Ups - get in sit-up position with your knees bent, feet flat.  Lift your head and shoulders a few inches from the floor  using your abs, and extend your hands to the sides of your calves (arms straight). Your lower back remains neutral.  Hold for  10 seconds.

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2. Side-Bridges - Keep your body straight and support your weight using only your forearm and your feet, and hold this  position for 10 seconds.  Do sets of 3.  Over the weeks, increase the time.  Your goal is to be able to do it for 60 seconds.
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3. Bird-Dog exercises - Kneel down on your hands and knees, then extend your
right arm and right leg, hold for 10 seconds. Switch to left side and repeat.

*Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., 34:9-16,2002, Musc. Dev Apr. 2002.
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