makeitfunky

What is a good off-season remedy for lower back pain? Exercises? I seem to get it after every time I go riding, and it last for at least a few days.

KIRKWOOD-$LUT

stretching is the best to beat it
sit-ups

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thrack

What he said!

Flick Montana

Core strengthening exercises. Also, if it persists, it may be a problem you should have checked out.

Forumdude

stretching and wear a back belt wile riding

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Snowjoe

When I hurt my back I lived on painkillers and using the hot tub after riding for a month lol. Not an advisable rehab plan.

Elemdee

i go to the chiro.. but this is a good stretch i do whenever im in pain:

lie down on your back and bring a leg up towards you, grab the foot and stretch it like your trying to pull your heel towards your shoulder.. its lower than lower back, but thats where some of my pains are.

Other than that you can crack your back on a chair.. go into the mummy position and have someone pick you up from behind and squeeze.. both work with back pains

and then thers the good old Shaq remedy! ahh icy hot back patch

palidon11

sit ups KILL my back, i hear they are absolutely horrible for your back. crunches are much easier on your back.

rest is the best thing, i've found i might go for a while with minimal pain but then i will pull the muscles in my back again and it will hurt for another week or 2.

Chelly

Ding ding. Don't do sit-ups. If you insist on working your core (which might be a good idea, whether it be spinal or muscle pain), definitely work on crunches, just make sure you're doing them right (contracting the muscles the entire time so they don't "pooch" out) and if you can, get a yoga ball. Plank is a good one to work on core strength too, but you might not be able to last long at first, I know I can't stand plank too long because my back goes out and it just gets ugly but that's my own fault for not having as strong of a core as I should to hold my back.

I have lower back problems myself, and yeah rest is really the best remedy. If it's a "spinal pain" you feel, like with the vertabrae, you can go to a health store and pick up some MSM with Glucosaminesulfate, or just MSM. It'll help repair the joints in your back and make your joints just feel better overall if you take them consistently. I used to take those damned pills 3x a day and they really did help out.

If it's muscle wise, keep working the core, and definitely stretch out your back before you go riding, as someone mentioned.

rrrtx

work on abs harder... your abs/lower back support your upper body. If your lower back is getting sore try doing a bit more abs and stretching.