How to Fix Low Back Pain Instantly

Your back is hurting. It’s the type of back pain that you can literally put your finger on.

When you push the spot that hurts, it shoots pain down into your butt.

You’ve tried heating pads, cold packs, and ibuprofen. But nothing is helping and some things just seem to make the chronic pain worse.

Does this sound familiar?

Guys, if these annoying pain symptoms are a part of your weekly routine, you’re not alone.

Did you know that low back pain affects 94% of the population at some point in their lives?

Lumbar pain is one of the most common pain conditions and it’s usually caused by things you’re doing every day and probably don’t even realize.

The two most common causes of low back pain are poor posture from sitting too much and using incorrect form in the weight room.

The hunched over and forward head position we tend to adopt when we’re sitting all day is pretty much a recipe for future injury.

What if you knew a way to fix it instantly?

You do now.

I’m going to show you how to get rid of that low back pain TODAY – No physical therapy, medications, or other treatments or therapies like electrical nerve stimulation needed.

More importantly, I’m going to give you the effective steps for making sure it does not come back EVER again.

YOUR BACK ISN’T THE PROBLEM

Here’s the irony: In most cases, lower back muscle pain isn’t actually coming from the low back but an entirely different muscle.

But which one? Is it your abdominal core muscle, hamstring muscles, or tight muscles in general?

To be sure, the first thing we need to do is identify what is truly causing your low back pain. I’m going to teach you how below.

But for my money, I’m willing to bet that the gluteus medius could be the real cause of your back pain symptoms.

The glute medius is sandwiched between the glute maximus and minimus – It’s actually underneath the glute maximus.

It attaches on the inside of the bony area that is called the posterior superior iliac spine, or PSIS. This attachment point is going to make your job of pinpointing the pain a hell of a lot easier. More on this below.

The glute medius has two main functions:

The first is hip abduction, which means lifting your hip up, and out to the side.

The other thing that’s even more important is that it keeps your pelvis level.

You can see this in action every time you lift one leg. Naturally, when you lift the leg, the entire body wants to fall in that direction.

But when your gluteus medius is working right and doing its job, the position of your pelvis level will stay stable.

When you have a weak or underactive gluteus medius, you can develop a postural gait called the Trendelenburg Gait.

This improper posture is when your hips drop on every step. You don’t want that to happen!

IS THE GLUTE MEDIUS CAUSING YOUR BACK PAIN?

If you have a job where you are sitting throughout the day, you are actively weakening your glute medius.

Maybe you are standing for much of the day, but you have an unequal weight distribution. This will do the same thing: make your gluteus medius weak and imbalanced.

The result? Inflammatory pain that seems to be coming from your low back.

But I want you to be sure, and thankfully we can test that very easily. Here’s how to do it:

• Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Lift the left leg.
• Notice how it feels to lift the leg up.
• Do the same thing on the other side.

Did you notice that you had to shift your weight much more than normal to lift one of your legs?

If you have to shift your weight, or if you see that your shoulders move a lot to one side in order to get your weight off that foot, then you don’t have an equal distribution.

If you don’t address this issue now, this can cause other imbalances, and guess what. These new imbalances can increase back pain intensity and the frequency of that nagging pain.

We can eliminate that.

HOW TO RELIEVE LOWER BACK PAIN INSTANTLY

So now, the most important thing is fixing the damned thing, right?

Thankfully, the PSIS is a big, bony area, which makes it easy to feel, find out, and make sure that you’re on the spot that is causing the pain.

Before we take it to the ground, I want you to lean forward and rub your hands across the low back. You should instantly be able to feel two spots where the bones are sticking out.

Next, run your fingers just to the outside and you should notice an immediate increase in pain and tension when you push in.

This is what we’re going to be able to take care of right now in four simple steps with some simple stretches:

STEP ONE:

Lay down on the ground with your affected side on top. If you have hardwood floors, I recommend putting a towel beneath you. So, if your right lower back was bothering you then you would want to lie on your left hip.

From here, take your thumb and place it directly on the skin just to the side of that bony area that is the most sore. Keep it here throughout the entire movement, making sure to push in as hard as you can tolerate.

Some of you might be wondering if it’s better to use a lacrosse ball.

The short answer is, “Absolutely not.”

Why?

You don’t want to use a lacrosse ball underneath you because when you’re in pain, you’re already inflamed. So, if you’re putting too much pressure on this area, it’s likely to resist what you’re trying to do, and this is not going to help fix it.

From here, you’re going to use your own pressure from your hand, and then move your leg in a few directions.

With plenty of control, bring your leg down until your knee touches the ground.

STEP TWO

Once your knee touches the ground, you’re going to bring it back and behind you into extension. It’s key that you get past the midline of your body.

STEP THREE

Next, point your toes down toward the ground and lift your leg up. You’re going to notice that you are getting a lot of hip abduction here.

STEP FOUR

In the final step, the goal is to burn out this muscle.

Find that spot again and take your leg through the same movement as before but hold your leg up in abduction and squeeze as hard as you can for as long as you can. Realistically, you’ll probably burn out after 30 seconds, and that’s if you’re lucky.

Now, go ahead and stand up, and you should notice an immediate relief in the amount of discomfort that you feel in that spot. Amazing what some simple stretching can accomplish!

EXERCISES TO KEEP LOW BACK PAIN AWAY… FOR GOOD!

One of the interesting things that you’re going to notice during the movement described above is how weak the glute medius is.

If you want to decrease pain over time and keep it away, you’ll need to strengthen that muscle.

Here are some exercises to strengthen the glute medius and get rid of this pain once and for all.

WALL DRIVERS

For the starting position, stand next to a wall so that your right side is near the wall. Put your right arm on the wall for support. Lift your right leg and you’ll notice that your left hip will casually drop out to the side.

But the glute medius wants to make sure that your left hip doesn’t drop. So you’re going to drive it back in until your right leg touches the wall.

Let the left hip drop out, and then drive it up and across again. Make sure you get really good solid contractions so you’re teaching the glute medius to get stronger.

Repeat this for 10 to 15 repetitions and be sure to do this exercise up to five times per week.

If you’re experiencing a lot of low back pain right now, you can even do this once per day until you achieve pain relief.

SAC SWINGER

This next exercise is a bit elaborate, and yes, it’s definitely weird. It’s called the Sac Swinger.

Take a dip belt – if you don’t have one, you can use a dog leash – and a kettlebell, dumbbell, or weight plate.

Attach the belt to the weight and hook the belt around your waist.

All you’re going to do is start walking and try to maintain a nice, slow, normal gait. Walk the length of the room, slowly turn around, and do it again.

A more advanced version of this exercise would be to try to hold up the weight of that leg that’s in the air for a second or two as you’re walking.

This is going to really start to free up those hip muscles, teach those muscles to be a lot stronger, and most importantly, make your low back pain a thing of the past.

THREADING THE NEEDLE

Finally, the last exercise is the Threading the Needle movement I talked about above to get rid of your low back pain.

However, this time I just want you to perform the movement itself without placing your thumb in the sore spot.

So, bring your leg back behind your body and lift it up with the toes down. Then come forward, touch the ground, come back, and do those leg lifts.

Do as many of those as you can until you build up your tolerance and your endurance.

Guys, low back pain is one of the most common things that we all deal with. And if you don’t address low back pain, it can undermine your workouts.

Whatever exercises you do from above, just be sure you are consistent. Sticking with these exercises is going to pay off in ways outside of relieving the pain.

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