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by PaulHoule 1991 days ago
The most efficient kind of exercise to relieve low back pain involve bending backwards, such as the Cobra pose in Yoga

https://www.dummies.com/health/exercise/yoga/how-to-do-the-c...

See also

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/treat-your-own-back-robin-a...

Cobra and the exercises from that book are easy to do at home but I like the bioenergetic arch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225tAQzCVhs

because it is standing and you can do it anywhere, just please wear better clothes than the guy in that video.

1 comments

Hmmm, I don't doubt that those exercises may be helpful for many people, but I have tried a lot of stretches for my back, including those, and have never felt much relief. For some reason lifting weights was much more effective for me.