Back Disc Exercises are an incredibly important part of the rehabilitation process for this health problem. In fact, choosing the wrong exercise regimen or not exercising at all can dramatically affect your results.
This article will cover some helpful tips in regards to back exercises for a herniated disc, as well as some simple exercises you can do from home to start the healing process.
Before we get into the specific information about exercises, however, we need to cover a little background on this problem so the exercise advice makes sense.
The spinal discs are very unique structures, because their main job is to cushion the spine and function as shock absorbers for the back. Because of this function, they are designed almost like a jelly doughnut – they have a firm outer covering called the annulus, and a soft jelly center called the nucleus.
There is a spinal disc located between each set of bones of the back. When a person develops a herniated disc, the strong outer covering of a disc is damaged and the jelly in the center of the disc begins to shift into the weak area, causing the disc to bulge.
This problem can cause quite a bit of pain and dysfunction because the disc will tend to bulge against a spinal nerve, and whatever that nerve controls will start to develop problems. This is also why the pain from a herniated disc can radiate to different parts of the body besides the back, because the nerve will become inflamed throughout its entire length.
One important thing you need to know before discussing back exercises for a herniated disc specifically is that the most difficult thing about healing this problem is that the spinal discs do not receive a lot of blood flow.
The reason this is important is because each disc of the spine depends on movement for bringing new oxygen and nutrients into the disc for healing. In fact, the jelly in the center of the disc will store oxygen and nutrients, and the only way to replenish that is to physically pump the spinal discs. This will become important when we talk about one of the exercises I recommend you do.
With that said, let’s start our discussion of back exercises for disc problems. After working with thousands of patients dealing with a herniated disc, I’ve found that there’s actually a very good combination of exercises that help quite a bit.
Click here (back exercises for a herniated disc) to continue reading this article, where you’ll learn specific exercise instructions for your health problem.
