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Back pain is pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine.

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L5-S1 level sciatica -> attempt to squat, but cannot keep heels on the ground. Worth continu...

Heels raising at the bottom of a squat indicates that you are unable to get into the bottom position without more forward knee travel than your ankle mobility allows. However, this does not indicate t …
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Can tired lats make the back weak and cause injury?

Can weak lats lead to lower back injury? No. But sometimes, injuries just happen. How can strengthen my lower back to prevent this from happening again? It's not clear whether strengthening your b …
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Movement without involving back (spine disc)?

Avoiding using your back is a bad idea for managing low back pain and/or sciatica. You should continue to exercise. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00586-018-5673-2 Clinical practice guid …
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What are some exercises which are effective yet easy on the articulations

Pretty much all exercise is safe, and the notion that exercise wears away your joints is a myth. Exercise, even vigorous exercise, has been found to have either no effect or a positive effect on joint …
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Is planking with a weightlifting belt beneficial?

The purpose of a weightlifting belt is to boost the effect of a valsalva maneuver in increasing intrathoracic pressure during heavy lifts, where that pressure is used to keep the torso rigid. You take …
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What kind of anaerobic exercises should one avoid during lower back pain?

Firstly, imaging, such as x-rays and MRIs, to determine the cause of lower back pain is problematic because asymptomatic people tend to have all kinds of spinal degenerations which don't actually caus …
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Why isn't a problem to arch the upper/middle back in many exercises?

Shoulder blade retraction is not the same thing as either upper back rounding/thoracic flexion or bridging/lumbar and thoracic extension. The shoulder blades move independently of the thoracic spine, …
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