One major cause of lower back pain is muscle imbalances. The other is trauma to your body core. Like falling, sitting for long periods of time and traffic accidents. Those are just a few of the many examples.

The obvious conclusion is to fix one of those two conditions. If you can not help but sit all the time then at least counter the low back pain caused by sitting to much. Do this by countering the muscle imbalances in your body.

Any therapist experienced in neurological release can help you learn stretching techniques to help build and correct a muscle imbalance. An exercise therapist can analyze and help you for specific imbalances. Here is a quick self test to help you understand, realize and provide some relief from leg pain, knee pain or low back pain by performing your own neurological release.

This is the quick self test, if you are sitting, legs at a 90 degree angle, grab your leg just above your knee, right past the joint. Now dig your index and middle fingers into your muscles on the outside. You should feel your IT band and one of your quadriceps attachment point. Your thumb should be around the medial-us (the “head”) of your knee. Now you should dig your fingers into that area and in the general vicinity of the muscles. When you find a knot or sore spot dig into it. Then slowly extend your leg. You may feel a jump or muscle twitch. These are good things as you are releasing tight muscles that are causing the imbalance in your knee joint. By restoring some balance your knee, leg and lower back you may have some pain relief. If you get any relief then you may want to look into muscle imbalances and SMR.

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Dr. Alan Weidner
www.massage-chair-relief.com