No lower back pain? You're 50 years old? You feel great? Would you like to keep it that way? Think about doing 15 minutes of exercise a day to prevent back pain. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is here to support you when you hurt, but we also recommend you to do what you can to care for your spine.

Along that route, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre shares this new research article that touts mild, home calisthenics, ones that advance balance-muscle strength to thwart lower back pain in 50 year old healthy working people. (1) That's fantastic! Another advantage to lower back pain prevention, the researchers even speculate that respiratory function improvement may be connected to posture improvement. It's a win-win situation.

So what can you try in the form of Toronto lower back pain exercise? Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre agrees with the researchers that the key word is mild. You don't have to turn into a gym-rat or a muscle bound athlete. The research paper's authors focused on balance-control and low-back-musculature strengthening. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre does, too. Take into account some simple lower back exercises like the pelvic tilt and pelvic lift. Add some stabilization ball exercises for balance. And the outstanding part of the study and its recommendations? Just 15 minutes a day generated results.

So, contact Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. We'll talk about what exercises might be suitable for you and your lower back pain prevention plan. Our Toronto chiropractic clinic is your lower back pain prevention and relief ally!