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Strengthen back muscles, prevent back pain and improve posture with these 15 dumbbell back exercises like shoulder shrugs, good mornings and Romanian deadlifts.
Single-arm bent-over dumbbell rows. Grab a single dumbbell. I recommend a 3- or 5-pound weight for beginners.Open your feet about hip-width apart and step one leg back into a staggered stance.
As treatment, McKenzie recommended exercises and postural instructions which restore or maintain the lumbar lordosis. Although exercises involving lumbar spine extension are emphasized in this treatment protocol, particularly in the early stages, lumbar flexion exercises are usually added at a later time in order that the patient has full range ...
This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes, lower back, lats, trapezius (upper back), and, to a lesser extent, the quadriceps and the calves. Lifting belts are often used to help support the lower back. If performed with a barbell, it can be held with both hands facing backwards or with one hand facing backward and one facing ...
Row the weight up to a parallel position relative to your torso, pause and squeeze the back, then lower back down. Sets and Reps: 3 sets of 10 to 12 reps Reeves Incline Row
When you extend the back from the flexed position, at the end range, your head and neck stays in neutral position. [2] In fact, back extension beyond the normal range of motion has been found to be detrimental for the exerciser. Hyperextensions during dead lift have been found to lead to lumbar disc pathologies and muscular spasms. [3]
Low back pain is the greatest contributor to lost productivity, absenteeism, disability and early retirement worldwide. [26] Difficulty with low back pain most often begins between 20 and 40 years of age. [1] Women and older people have higher estimated rates of lower back pain and also higher disability estimates. [13]
The erector spinae (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k t ər ˈ s p aɪ n i / irr-EK-tər SPY-nee) [1] or spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back.The spinal erectors work together with the glutes (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus) to maintain stable posture standing or sitting.