What exercises do I do to maintain a healthy back? This is one exercise that I learnt from a Bowspring yoga practitioner in Barbados and is one of my day go-tos to manage my low back - I don't have pain with it now, or at least rarely (likely by doing something that aggravates it), due in no small part to the intervention of two brilliant and lovely people: Christy Punnett, the Bowspring instructor; and the holistic osteopath, Kaya Cole, who intervened, put me on the right tr

OK, so this isn't part of the McGill Big 3 exercises we've already discussed on this blog (see Resources also) and which represent agood place to start low back rehabilitation provided no 'red flags', but I've found it quite useful having progressed from the basic exercises. That said I still use the basic exercises/isometric toning postures daily in my everyday routine for healthy low back management. This is as simple as it looks, just don't go overextending the kick elemen

'This doesn't look very strenuous at all!' I hear you say. Done properly you'll certainly feel it after a few of minutes, depending of course on how intensely you hold the position. This is a good stance for an exercise I learnt to manage low back pain - effectively an isometric hold to fire the muscles that support the spine whilst also engaging our legs and glutes - though it could be better. So what's the problem with the position in the image? Hands as they are here, shou

So I woke up this morning with a twinge in my back - not entirely sure what brought it on, but I've been pretty stressed recently, plus I've added an lunge with kettlebell into my routine this week as I was very kindly given one for Xmas. Maybe that was the culprit. Anyway, I went back to my basic morning routine and did some lunges without the kettlebell early on just to ease into the day. Still I could feel my back wasn't right, so decided to try the side-stepping squat wit