on and off for 20 years ish. hanging upside down always helps me for awhile. i used to do it on the porch swing. the kids would find me hanging out there lol. now porch swing broke i need a new bar!
Back pain for decades. I found that exercises not involving the back seemed to help me the most. When I would do back exercises, the back would react. I think, maybe, I was just doing it all wrong. I had gone to the ER once for "cervical radiculopathy" and walked around like a hunchback for about a month before it subsided. PT, heat and ibuprofen (yuck) helped with the pain. I bet those lat stretches you just showed would've done the trick.
Decades.I tried yoga for back pain, Pilates, but I find these hard and never could stick with them so no idea how helpful they might be. Other than that just resting sometimes I can’t move even, so resting for a week, just like a couple of weeks ago… only making trips to the bathroom and kitchen, and it helped, but it was annoying doing nothing. After a week being bed ridden, I did lighter training than usual, and eventually another week later I was good, other times it stays sensitive fore longer. I’ll try these next!
Close to 10 years for me. My most memorable slipped disc was when I tried showing off to a bunch of 5-year-olds who were doing a standing long-jump. Before I even landed I knew my previously herniated discs wouldn't survive, and sure enough, it felt like they were crushed. I grimaced at the children and said, "yay... two meters..." and hobbled off in agony. Now I regularly walk and do yoga. Your channel has changed how I think about my back pain and I'm so grateful.
I'm constantly amazed about the mystery connection between pain and it's TRUE beginings!!! I am learning to become more suspicious about stiffness origins thanks to these vids. Oddly, my poor arm pits have been ignored horribly!! I'm having more respect for them now and shoulder pain is gone!!!!!!!!😃🙏🇺🇸 thankyou❣💪
My lower back pain and anterior pelvic tilt improved a tonne from swinging a macebell. I didn't expect it to have that kind of effect, but the swings really open up my shoulders and back without popping my butt out, because I'd hit myself if I let my pelvis tilt. The first lat stretch you showed here is so simple but also helps so much.
Just did 8 days out of 11 of interior housepainting as a gig worker. More painting work could come at any time. Pain triggered by crouching to paint at floor boards appears on the posterior side of the area of the L5/S1 joint, then develops out laterally and symmetrically to the top-posterior part of the ischial crest and then eventually (after a day or so) to the whole sacrum (the aponeurosis?). The pain began during the first day, and then I had to go through all those other 7 days of painting on top of that (😓), all the while trying to do my best with an hour of yoga once home every day (lots of high cobra, pigeon pose, hamstrings) plus diclofenac cream. Been thinking about it this whole time as something in my hip and pelvic muscles (though no idea where), and only due to crouching. But now that I think about it, thanks to your video, perhaps my pain is additionally connected to all the overhead work painting involves and that possibly straining my lats (rollering walls and reaching way above head to brush paint tops of walls)…. I actually never feel uncomfortable when doing those activities, but still…I spend the bulk of the hours doing all that stuff…One clue is the fact that since this spree of painting gigs started, when sleeping in bed overnight, my whole lower back has been really tight and painful…. And also the clue that the Simple Lat Stretch goes all the way down to my ischial ridge very near where some of that pain is. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll keep working these stretches in addition to the open hip extension from your video on hip pain while sleeping and the outer hip exercise #1 from your Do This Instead video (all really hit a spot!). Very grateful to have a sense of direction as to what I've been missing. Really. Thanks-a-million!
I'm an Australian sheep shearer with no pains. My wife who does nothing. Gets sore knees. Back. Shoulders. I told her to start walking. Far as I'm concerned you need to keep moving for good health.
Thanks Matt! I’ve been fighting lower back pain secondary to employment (police/paramedic) for close to 20 years. Finally seeing relief after following your advice! Lifesaver!
Hello, I've been struggling with my back for 25 years 🤦♂️ Now I am 42 and your videos are helping me Thank you very much for your time and effort All the best from UK
You have helped me TREMENDOUSLY FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS! I have APT, and now can find relief every day with your suggestions in strengthening and stretching.
Perfect timing, I strained my back on a sailing trip after kayaking while tense (trying to avoid taking on too many waves), and triggered the tweak by a bit of a lift-while-twisting faux pas. I knew that something needed to be stretched, but I could not figure out what. The tightness had gotten right down into the center low back just as you describe. I think the other trigger for me was wearing a sports bra that is particularly grippy right around my lats. I have had problems with it before, but I had forgotten about it. This set of stretches was exactly what I needed. I appreciate your focus on specific issues and your ability to describe the symptoms that you are addressing. So valuable!
I have just noticed lately that heat seems to help too. I always feel more flexible after my shower. I have the water running down by back longer than on my front, especially when rinsing hair after shampooing and conditioning.
Hey Matt, I'm an older guy and getting back into surfing; any more tips for surf related to flexibility especially getting the front foot down fluidly during the pop up would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your great tips.
Learn how to touch your toes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6XM-Jzq-pOA.html It'll make it a lot easier to bring your legs through b/c hamstrings won't be stopping you so much and you'll have stronger hip flexors (if you do what i say in the video). ALSO STRETCH AND STRENGTHEN YOUR GLUTES.
I’ve had extremely bad low back pain now for almost 3 months. I have hypertension even in my knees and all my joints. I’m used to shoulder and neck pain but this is new for me, I have 2 problems now. My trapezius muscles are like concrete, my low back hurts so bad I can’t even bend over without groaning coming back to standing position. Any suggestions on how to deal with this? I’m two shakes away from going to the doctor and seeing if I need an MRI.
My last back pain adventure I was sitting in a bad posture position and sneezed, which pulled some muscles in my back, which then led to a 2 or 3 weeks where I had to stretch in bed in the morning just to be able to spend the next 15 to 20 minutes maneuvering myself this way and that way to get my clothes on and get myself to a standing position and at least the 1st 2 weeks of that once I got to a standing position I spent pretty much the whole day either standing or sitting on bar stool height chairs. I was won over to the practice of doing multiple 30-45 second holds of a stretch instead of a single minute plus hold. My feeling on this largely comes from a single video where the claim was made that the additional benefit you get from holding a stretch is increasingly diminished the longer over a minute you go and for an equal amount of hold time you start to get more benefit from breaking the stretch into multiple 30 seconds to 1 minute holds. I did try different hold times before settling in on my personal preference of 30 to 40 second holds.
I have been suffering from left hand lower back pain/ muscle spams that moves to groin pain for about 2years and live on pain killers. Your videos are helping but not really sure what muscle is the issue.
can you please explain the source of pain/injury when it aches to swing your leg up into a car or general leg raise from outside in. is it the sacrum? lower lat insertion? it doesn't feel like a compression pain. a video would be great.
Hello, I have a slight anterior pelvic tilt and have been performing squats consistently for the past six days. I'm not sure if this is related, but I've been started having low back pain since the past two days. Therefore, I wonder if it's safe to perform squats while having an anterior pelvic tilt?
Squats are a funcitonal movement so safe. What isn't safe is squatting with bad form for YOUR body. Most places will suggest keeping a rigid, tall, straight back for squats but you risk putting a lot of strain in your lower back, especially if you have long femurs. As long as you're engaging your glutes properly, you can afford to relax your back so it can move more instead of either staying too stiff to keep your back tall (which creates stiff, overworked back muscles), and instead of too loose that you're completely collapsing and then having to use your back muscles to pull your spine out of a rounded fold and into a straight position on your way back up out of the squat. Practice diaphragmatic breathing. Figure out if your body is more suited to narrow squats, wide squats, toes forward, toes out, whether you're squatting too deep (I would say don't squat as deep if squats are causing pain), elevated heels. A good video about how anatomy affects squatting form: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Av3LO2GwpAk.html ru-vid.comsGATKhFKg_4?feature=share ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GuWxLb-iYlg.html Lunges are a good alternative if you want to give yourself a break from squats while figuring this out.
ive had low back pain for years. I've tried fixing all the muscles that could be causing it but it really feels like it has to do with the lats like you're showing here. Sidling leg lifts eased the pain for the short term, but never for more than a couple days. Almost all my stretching focus on the lower body and I rarely stretch my upper body. Guess I need to change that.
@@Uprighthealth the stretch felt like it helped. I’ll see as I do it consistently. I think it’ll help because when I wake up with a sore back sitting in a deep squat stretches the area in my lower back that hurts
But what if I think I injured my lower back because I was leaning to do some thing and I felt something awful in my lower back muscles and kind of on the side and screamed it was very painful You mentioned your lower back was bothering you from overuse? But what if someone thinks they tweaked or sprained I don’t know the correct word?? You say to avoid the ice and the rest and things like that but can you please offer some clarification? I’m also going to get my card right now yes indeed and support your channel because I realize I’ve asked a lot of questions and I’m going to show you how much I appreciate you! I also had been doing your back course
I saw a video on your anterior pelvic tilt, back and stomach sleeping, but what about side sleepers?? I feel like my spine is sinking towards the bed every single night with major back pain
I did too many clams, or maybe my form failed, and I've been having pain along the left iliac crest for over two months. Nothing I've tried so far has helped.
I have been struggling with nerve pain down the backs of both legs sometimes going into my feet for almost 6 months. I have continued to move, walk, etc and try various exercises and stretches. I haven't been able to pinpoint which positions make it better. The pain fluctuates, but is pretty consistant. Cobra seems to make it worse?? I have watched your videos. Any input is appreciated! 🙂
I didn’t just overwork or Tax my back I think I injured it. I was leaning over to grab some thing and I wasn’t feeling well because I was sick and some really crazy things happened with the muscles and I screamed in fact I can’t even really rub it it hurts so bad so what do I do in this case? In fact it almost feels like the sciatica has switched sides and it’s some crazy knotted up muscles all along the spine and even all the way out to the side and around to the front
Greetings Matt, I would like to have your kind help in knowing my problem and solution.I have low back pain when I seat/forward bending and when I getup after some time it gets better been suffering from this for almost 2 years.mri report indicated posterior central disc bulge with anterior thecal sac compression at l4-l5,l5-s1.waiting for you reply
Sounds more like a weak back rap ... Been about a week back Since my back went crack crack I don't wanna bring that week baaaack Now I got a whack back I don't want a weak back So I gotta stretch my LAAAAAAAAAATS
