Lower Back Blues
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Having kids can create an array of back problems that often start in pregnancy. Pregnancy posture shortens the hamstrings, causing stress on the lower back extensors. Middle and upper back pain can occur from enlarged breasts during pregnancy and poor breastfeeding posture postpartum. Women who don’t exercise regularly through the childbearing years often lose muscle mass and muscular balance leading to poor posture.
Make sure you do a balance of core strength and flexibility exercises, as well as middle and upper back work for long-lasting posture and to address lower back pain. Exercises like reverse flies, crunches, side-lying crunches and bent-legged lower back lifts are all essential exercises.
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Cheers,
Andrea Page
