Key Core Strengthening Exercise To Stop Lower Back Pain
December 29, 2009 | Author Kevin Yates
Lower back, hip and knee pain are often the result of weakness throughout the trunk and hips. Because all 3 are related, core strengthening exercises should focus on these areas.
Your abdominals (a.k.a “core”) work to keep your trunk stable while your arms and legs move. Your glutes extend your hips by bringing your leg back like when you walk and run or by straightening your hips like when standing up from a seated position.
But, when your abdominal and other core stabilizers are weak other muscles end up compensating. This happens when your quadriceps and even your hip flexors try to perform the work your abs, glutes and hamstrings are supposed to be doing.
The result is often one or more of the following:
- lower back pain
- hip pain
- knee pain
- foot and ankle painI use many different types of core strengthening exercisesto eliminate or greatly reduce shoulder, lower back, hip and knee pain.In the video below I’ll show you a simple, yet really effective core strength exercise to help reduce lower back pain.Try it out and leave me a comment here and tell me how it worked for you.
2 Responses to “Key Core Strengthening Exercise To Stop Lower Back Pain”
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HI Kevin,
Some good videos on here,
Pretty new to the industry been going about a year, i’ve got a client currently that is fairly over weight, i’ve been trying to strengthen glutes through various lunges patterns, as she has very weak glutes, she’s started to develop knee pain, i know its not a direct affect of the lunges creating the knee pain, more likely to be a compensation somewhere, possibly the quads??
Any help on what i can do to re assess the situation and re-plan the training,
Thanks,
Chris
Hey @chris
Check out the new post and video I put up. Hopefully, it’ll give you some answers