How do exercises for low back pain help?

There are lots of reasons why exercises for low back pain are helpful:

• They Improve your flexibility and strength
  
  
• They increase your endurance and stamina
  
  
• They give relief from some of the postural stresses and strains that your body is subjected to ie sitting for long periods
  
  
• They improve your blood supply and the general fitness of all the tissues in your body.
  
  
• They are helpful because they encourage the release of endorphins, these are the bodies own natural pain killers and can improve your mood and reduce your pain.
  
  
• Exercise puts you back in charge of the problem. This is a really important effect, you are put in control of your back pain, not your back pain in control of you.
  
  
• One of the biggest problems I deal with in my practice is fear avoidance behaviours. A graded exercise programme can help overcome this problem.
  

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07-Feb-2011