The Back Pain Movement podcast

Five minutes to lay down

One easy tool to help or prevent a back pain flare up, take 5 minutes to lay down.   I'll help you to release the muscles around your spine, neck and shoulders.  When we lay down it can decompress the spine, allowing fluid to return to the disks between vertebrae.   When you lay down you are completely supported and there is nothing for those over tense muscles to do.  It can take time for your muscles to be convinced of that which is why your thoughts and attention when you are laying down are so important and can make such an impact.

Tips for sitting at a desk

Does your back hurt after sitting at your desk? Here are a few tips to help you sit more comfortably for longer, without putting too much pressure on any one area of your spine.

Walking without back pain

Did you ever find that walking slowly makes your back hurt more? If you have back pain, you might have been told that exercise and movement can help although in reality, just going for a walk can make it feel much worse. Here are a few things that helped me start to enjoy walking again without making my back hurt more.

Release your torso just by breathing

Your ribs are more movable than you might think, every one is able to move like the handle on a bucket, but the muscles between each rib can become stiff and fixed affecting your whole torso. In this episode I talk you through a natural way of breathing that can release the muscles in your back and chest.

How you frame back pain

One of the first steps I took towards changing my life was to completely reframe how I was thinking about my back pain. In this episode I talk about how back pain can feel external, like knives digging in. But what is pain really, and what affect can the way we think about it have on us?