back pain when arching inward

[radhika28071985]

Hi Steve !!
Read through your post .. Well I want you to check few things ,
1) What kind of chair do u use at your work place , does it support your spine completely or only supports your upper back ??
2) Do you frequently take breaks while working or sit on the chair foe hours together ??
3) Does your pain get agraveted on activity ?? or is it present constlantly throughout the day ??
4) Does the weather has any effect on the pain ( winter increases the pain and in summer its less ?)??
If you are able to reply to my quests , i think i would be able to give u a perfect set of exercises and help you better ..
Regards,
Radhika

[SteveC]

Hi Radhika
1) chair would be decent I suppose..if it was anything it would be my own bad posture that would be causing problems... (not sitting corrctly)
2) I would take breaks every hour at least... bathroom breaks etc
3) pain mainly only bothers me when i'm arching backward but recently has started when i bend forward. doesnt bother me when I'm deadlifiting or bent over rows
4) weather doesnt affect it

Thanks for your reply
Steve

[radhika28071985]

Hi Steve !!
Now that you have told me that your own posture might not be correct , It is possibility that you have got the pain due to improper posture ..
Or it might be merely due to muscle spasm ...
The stretches that you can do are :-
1) lying on the matress ,taking both the knees to chest ,holding for 5 counts ,5 sets .go through this site for demo:-http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/GluteusMaximus/Lying.html
2) These 5 stretches would really help :-
Five Fantastic Stretching Exercises
Try out these stretches 3 times a day and your pain will defenately reduce with in 2 days if it is due to muscle spasm ..
Regards,
Radhik