Tip for the Day

When you find you're getting pain in your low back, it's possible (maybe even likely) that there's an imbalance somewhere.

It could be muscular.

One side is too tight, the other too weak.

When muscles are too tight, they pull joints and the skeletal structure out of shape. It's no longer aligned.

They can also tighten on nerves.

Making an over-exercised muscle relax can help realignment and relieve pressure.

Try this with your glute medius, which sits under your hip bone (iliac crest).

Stand up and put one foot on a chair so your knee is around waist high, maybe a bit below, which removes the weight from that leg. Your weight is then entirely on the leg you're standing on.

Take your thumb and stick it under the hip bone of the leg you're not standing on into the glute medius.

You'll know if the glute medius is over-active as it will feel tender.

Sticking your thimb in it and working your thumb along under the iliac crest will encourage the glute medius to relax and switch off.

This simple trick might relieve your low back pain.

It works for me.

If you'd like further guidance and coaching to help manage your low back pain, please get in touch.