When it comes to getting rid of back pain keep your eyes open. Keep trying things until you hit the nail on the head. Never give up.

As I promised, here are more of my unique approaches for you to work through:

Strengthen your core muscles. These are the muscles around the abdomen area that keep you upright and keep your back straight.

• Do the simple exercises which encourage your back to be straight like a plank: Simple rigid back Pushups and Pullups can help with strengthening the correct core muscles and keep the back straight.
  
  
• Hold each of the following for 15s and then rest for 15s and move to the next one:
  
  
  • Stand against a wall, put an arm behind the small of your back. Tilt your head and body to the opposite side sliding your free arm down your leg. Repeat for the other arm
    
    
  • Stand facing a wall. Place your hand on the wall. Rotate your feet and body 90 degrees away from that arm until the arm is off to your side and a little behind you
    
    
  • Basic Cobra Pose (based on Cobra Yoga Pose): Lay face down on a mat. Arms by your sides palms down. Keep your face down with your chin near your chest and lift your upper body up with your back muscles.
    
    
  • Basic Fish Pose (based on Fish Yoga Pose): Lay flat on your back on a mat. Arch your back and push up with your elbows keeping your chin near your chest so your head does not tilt.
    
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    (Note: These yoga poses are intentionally lower impact and easier than the full yoga poses, and to be clear these are NOT real yoga poses (which are harder)).
    

Last but not least try "hanging by your teeth". Stand tall and look up and imagine biting into a trapese bar at the circus. Imagine you are hanging on a bar by your teeth. Then tilt your head forward again. This exercise pulls your body up straight and gets you in good shape to walk into a room standing tall.

One thing to be sure you never do:

• Never lift with your back. You've probably heard to lift with your legs. That is the right approach. Lifting with your back puts tremendous strain in the wrong places. What if your legs aren't strong enough? Work them out until they are. Its that important.
  

Try these exercises and approaches, and when the dust settles, you are likely to have much more control over your posture and core muscles. Some of them are likely to relieve pain the first time you try them. Go whole hog with those and try them in different ways.

One more tip: Never give up. Don't throw in the towel. You can crack this egg and cure your back pain.


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