Ease Your Lower Back Pain By Walking Backwards
And improve your balance and posture
I found myself sweating, even though I was only walking up a gently sloping path. The effort surprised me because I run 5km daily and sprint up steeper slopes without too much effort.
That day convinced me that walking backwards had a lot to offer.
Doing it was challenging the coordination between my brain and body, and using muscles which were otherwise poorly trained and inefficient. That’s why I was sweating for such a low level of activity.
As well as running daily, I also walk 5km daily, which is part of my recovery routine for the daily running. During my walk, I now find ways to walk backwards — most often up slopes or on the beach.
What’s with walking backwards?
People regularly ask me “why”?
I have two different answers. But I just learnt of a reason that is more important to more people than the reasons I give.
Walking backwards can help prevent lower back pain — and ease it if you already have it.
Yes, “retrowalking” — as I discovered walking backwards is called in some circles — is coming into its own as exercise therapy for lower back pain.
