I often give clients some stretches to help ease tightness in their lower back. The Quadratus Lumborum is a deep muscle in the lower region of your torso, which can get tight from all sorts of habitual postures. These could include sitting with one leg crossed over the other, the way your body is positioned when you sleep, resting one arm on the sofa and many other reasons like position and rotation of your hips. The QL extends, stabilises and laterally flexes the lumbar spine, strain and overuse of this muscle is a common cause of chronic back pain.
Here are some of the stretches I frequently show clients:
I hope you have found these stretches useful, please do get in touch if you would like some more advice for back pain. Back pain has a good chance of being eased with a combination of re-considering habitual body postures, stretching and massage.
