Simply adding more crunches isn't enough to keep your back pain-free. (LIVESTRONG_COM)
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Much of our everyday back pain comes from what happens outside the gym. When you sit for too long at work or in the car, your abdominal muscles aren't engaged as much as when you're standing or on the move."If your core is weak, your back muscles take on more of the workload in keeping you upright and moving about your day," says
, two-time Olympian and Hydrow coach."But when abdominal muscles are strong, your back is better supported and can function more freely without compensating to make up for a weak core."Simply adding more crunches isn't enough to keep your back pain-free, though."It's important to prepare the body with mobility and flexibility movements prior to performing a strength-training workout as well as endurance work," Donohoe says.
He suggests adding flexibility and balance exercises to every workout to put your body in proper alignment in preparation for the added load. A July 2020 study in found that performing core exercises and hip stretches just three to four days a week reduced pain and improved physical function, balance and activity levels in people with lower back issues.
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