Back Pain Exercise

Exercising and using Moo Tong oil will greatly help your back pain. You should also exercise to maintain movement and flexibility in your spine. This aids in healing and helps balance your body’s pain management system. Exercise is a very important part of the Moo Tong oil lifestyle.

Some types of back pain are the result of muscle imbalance. Basically, stronger muscles in your back are compensating for muscles that aren’t as strong as they should be. This leads to improper posture and unnecessary strain in your back. Tension results, which damages nerves, ligaments, tendons, and even the precious membranes that allow mobility in your spine.

Are you wondering if there’s any sort of exercise you can do if you already are experiencing back pain? Well, question no more, because there is a multitude of low impact exercises that benefit your back. In fact, inactivity is more harmful to your aching back than basic exercise. Exercising helps circulation and nutrient distribution throughout the cells in your back, which aid in healing.

To help with pain during your exercise, we recommend applying with Moo Tong oil for natural pain relief prior to your workout. This way, you can perform to the best of your ability and get the most from your workout.

Full motion exercise and movement is essential to healing your back. There are two types of exercise that help your back: low impact aerobic and core strengthening exercise. You should complete both types 2-3 times a week (strength one day, low impact aerobics the next) to feel relief with Moo Tong oil.

Low impact aerobic exercises include walking, bicycling, elliptical training, and water training. Walking three miles a week (1 mile every other day or so) along with light elliptical training is an excellent compliment to your strength exercises. Alternating this with strength training gives your muscles a break every other day.

The best types of strength building exercises are those that strengthen your “core” muscles. These core muscles support your entire torso- they include your back muscles, abdomen muscles, hip and chest muscles. Strengthening these muscles helps back alignment and supports everyday movement such as stretching and twisting.

Here are the strength exercises that can help strengthen your core while sparing your back:

- Wall Squat: Stand with your back completely against the wall. Bend legs at a 45 degree angle, and have your feet about 12 inches in front of you. Tighten abdominal muscles and hold for 10-15 seconds, increasing time as needed. Repeat 10 times.

- Leg Lift: Lie on back, one leg straight out, and one leg bent. Point the toe of your straight leg, and lift 6-12 inches from the ground. Keep the other leg bent. Tighten abdominal muscles and hold for 10-15 seconds. Repeat 10 times on each leg.

- Yoga Ball Back Exercise: Obtain a yoga ball, and lie on your stomach on it. Be careful not to arch your back. Balance your hands on the ground in front of you. Carefully lift your right arm over your head, and at the same time, bend and lift your left leg as high as you can. Hold for 5 seconds, and then for 10 seconds as you gain strength. Repeat on the other side of your body.

- Lumbar Workout: Obtain a yoga ball, and begin by lying on your stomach on the ball. Straighten your legs and balance your hands on the ground in front of you. Slowly “walk” your hands out, keeping your abdomen straight and extending you legs straight out behind you on the ball. Hold as long as you can. For more advanced work, slowly do pushups as you balance your lumbar against the ball.