Back Pain Exercises Can Work Wonders

I injured my back at work several months ago, and I wondered if I would ever get better. The slightest movement would set it into spasms, I could not bend over at all without it throbbing, and I was taking painkillers like candy. I finally got into physical therapy and started doing back pain exercises, and that is when I noticed that things started to improve drastically for me.

It happened one day when I was lifting very heavy boxes into a dumpster. I had probably lifted nine or ten boxes, and then finally I picked up one and turned and I felt something pop. The pain that followed was absolutely excruciating, and I could tell immediately that something was seriously wrong.

I went to the emergency room that night, and any time the car would hit the slightest bump on the way up there, it was pure agony. I don't recall a time in my life where I was more afraid of movement than on that night, and it was not much better the next few days. I was placed on painkillers and muscle relaxers, and they certainly helped, but it was not until I started doing back pain exercises that I really started to feel like I was healing properly.

My physical therapist had an assortment of exercises that included me pushing a large inflatable ball across the floor, laying on my back and swaying my knees side to side, and stretching out the lower portion of my back, which was really the most affected by the injury. When all my exercises were done, she would place a heating pad on my back as well as some electrodes that provided a very low current. I have to admit, I was afraid when I first heard about it, but it felt incredible.

The funny thing is, I had always heard all of these horror stories about physical therapy and how hard it is on a person. What I found, with my back pain exercises, anyway, was that I looked forward to going because I knew that I would feel a lot better when I left than when I arrived.

My back healed up and eventually it was not even an issue for me anymore, but I still continued my back pain exercises, simply because they kept me from getting stiff and better allowed me to deal with my day-to-day routine.

I am a firm believer that back pain exercises can work wonders for almost anyone that has suffered a back injury. Even with rest and painkillers, nothing helped me like those exercises, and I would recommend them to anyone.