Purpose: These exercises are intended to improve the flexibility of the lumbar spine, pelvis and hips in addition to strengthening the abdominal core muscles.

Overview: Low back pain can be caused by sprains of the lumbar vertebral ligaments and strains of the surrounding muscles from lifting, pulling, pushing combined with rotation usually. This can result in a cascade of problems like herniated discs (bulging disc) and degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease (the discs lose fluid and the joint surfaces begin to calcify or develop bone spurs). All these conditions can cause sciatica, which is pain down the buttock and/ or leg. This sciatica could be from referred muscular pain or nerve pain. Also if you’ve already had back surgery and you still have back pain, and then although the problem has been corrected you may still have muscular pain from the resulting stiffness or the other levels that were not surgically corrected.

An Answer: By releasing out the soft tissue of the lower back and pelvis and correcting sacroiliac joint dysfunctions you can greatly improve your quality of life by reducing pain and you can do it any place and any time.

Instruction: Complete the following exercises with The BackStrap™ 3 times a week and begin to feel better.

1. The Big Wheel
2. The Frog
3. The ½ Frog
4. The Dead Bug