Lower back pain is very common, in fact around as much as 80% of the population will experience this condition.
When looking at preventing or minimising lower back pain, we must begin at the joints above and below the lower back. This specific pain is more often than not, a symptom and not the cause. So, by ensuring your mid-back and hips (mobility joints) are optimised for movement, this allows the lower back (stability joint) to remain stable and avoid injury through overuse and/or excessive loading due to lack of movement in the adjacent areas mentioned.
Generally, when the joints above and below the lower back are not moving well, there is a compensatory effect that occurs, placing ‘disproportionate pressure on the lower back.
A comprehensive assessment of the area can normally identify which segments are limited in movement, and therefore, an appropriate corrective exercise can be prescribed to resolve the condition by activating proper functional movement within the surrounding joints.
So, by keeping the mid-back and hips freely moving and identifying which area is responsible for creating the pain, this condition can not only be relieved but prevented from returning.