This may seem a little ridiculous, but try walking backwards! When we walk our bodies naturally lean forward and this puts pressure on our lower back.
Walking backwards improves our posture and forces us to use our core muscles to move. If you're a daily walker, try walking backwards for a change (but I advise you do this in a safe place, such as a track, where you won't run into a car).
There is a long list of benefits for walking backwards:
- It relives pressure from our knees and is a good form of exercise for anyone with knee problems
- It uses muscles in a different way that we don't normally use, and improves the muscular balance of our legs
- It's more efficient than forward walking and burns more calories in less time!
If nothing else worked for you, try walking backwards! After a few days of it you'll start to notice that your back pain won't be as severe and you might even notice that your coordination and balance is improving! If you start getting the hang of it, you'll eventually want to start jogging backwards. Just Google "backwards walking" (it's aka retro running) to see a full list of benefits. It really is amazing how something so simple is so great for our bodies.
I hope you try this out I'm confident that after a week or two of daily backwards walking (just walk backwards for an hour a day) you will notice improvements with your lower back pain and you will also probably start to notice that your balance and body coordination is improving. Good luck! I know how horrible lower back pain is I myself used to suffer from chronic lower back pain too. We just need to work out our muscles to support our bones