Relieve Back Pain and Increase Stability with Wall Squat Training

Probably the most common complaint we treat at our Wilmington, NC chiropractic office is back pain. Low back pain and middle back pain affects nearly 90 percent of people over the age of 30 at some point in their lives, with many of those people failing to find a treatment that works well for the long-term. Instead, they must take medication to relieve back pain, restrict physical activities and suffer a reduced quality of life.

What Causes Most Back Pain?

Major contributing factors to back pain are weak core and gluteal muscles. Gluteal muscles are the four muscles found in the buttocks that influence the mobility of your sacrum and pelvis. When these muscles become debilitated from lack of exercise, they make it hard for the back to remain free of strain, inflammation and pain.

When combined with tight hip flexors and tight lower back muscles, weak core and gluteal muscles produce "lower cross syndrome." To prevent development of this syndrome and keep your back in great shape, there is no better exercise than the simple wall squat.

Instructions for Performing the Wall Squat Exercise

To begin, here is a great example of a person who truly needs to do wall squat exercises. In fact, I can find no better example of poor posture than the young woman who appears in the video below.