Back Pain/Treatment-Behavior

Home Exercises and Stretching

A highly recommended book to start with is Robin McKenzie's "7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain". These exercises don't help everybody, but for a sizable portion of the population they do a great deal of good.

Other Behavior Modifications

Many people with lower back pain find that bad posture while sitting contributes to their pain. A good chair can help alleviate this problem, but a cheaper and more universal solution is a lumbar support roll. These come in many forms, from the home-made to professionally designed solutions sold in most back-pain stores.

A lumbar roll is placed just above the belt line, while sitting up straight in a normal chair. It causes your spine to bend forward in the same way it should naturally, but is often lost with age.

Two easy home alternatives to a lumbar roll is a roll of paper towels (Small sizes work best) or a rolled up towel.