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by config_yml 2345 days ago
This. It's incredible.

I've had back pain for about 2 years, up until recently. I did weekly physiotherapy for an extended amount of time until my doctor recommended neurodynamic exercises. It's basically focusing on stretching your nerves. I did that daily for 6 weeks and my pain was mostly gone. When I feel it's coming back, I do the exercise maybe once a week and I'm good. On top of that I can now focus on improving core strength. It's a huge motivator knowing how bad it feels, but that you have it under control (which was a huuuge relief).

Edit: my back pain was caused by bad posture, which was caused by pain from an untreated slightly ruptured intervertebral disc.

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How do you do neurodynamic stretching?