Backaches and sport: how do they relate?
if you use to suffer from back pain, know what is the best ways to treat it. Say goodbye to backaches.
Sport is not always an enemy of backaches. Depending on what you choose to practice, back pain can reduce substantially. You need be wary when choosing the type of workout, you want to do and consult with your doctor and fitness coach. Even if you are discouraged by the pain you feel, it’s worth investing in physical exercise to strengthen your dorsal musculature and fix incorrect postures.
Perform movements that exert a lot of pressure on the lumbar region or strength training with a lot of weight are discouraged, unless you know your body and the correct way to perform the movements, otherwise it may worse the pain you already feel. Exercises that promote stretching of the muscles and that are of low impact, are the most suitable for those who wish to relieve from this pains.
Aquatic sports
For a great part of the medical community, swimming is the best exercise for the back, and for the body in general, and to relieve low back pain. Muscles are stretched while you swam, besides that, in water you lose weight and perform the exercises with less effort. The water aerobics is another of the activities recommended to alleviate the back pain because it is low-impact and promote relaxation of the muscles.
Aerobic exercises
The wide range of aerobic exercises, like cycling, and walking strengthens lungs, heart, blood vessels, in addition to moderate work to muscles, and burn a lot of calories. All this by applying little pressure on the back.
Weight training
No, you’re not reading it wrong. Weight lifting can be practiced by people suffering from some back pain, provided with due monitoring. Moderate strength training may prove to very useful in strengthening back muscles and can be recommended as a way to strengthening this region.
Yoga
The practice of yoga strengthens the musculature in general, dorsal muscles included, and corrects wrong postures on most of the major cause of back pain. This can be a form of exercise that provides more relief to those who suffer it and that want to strengthen the lower back.
Stretching
Stretching classes are important and beneficial to muscle pain. By devoting more time to do correct stretching techniques of the various muscle groups of the body, your backs will benefit. As in any other sport, pay attention and perform the exercises in the proper way.
