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Back bends hurt me, forward relieves all the tension, but I was told not to bend forward by my PT and doctor!

Thank you, I have been told to bend backwards which causes me pain. I wll now follow the instruction and do the forward bends before walking and a part of a daily routine. Thank you.!!

Man i knew it the moment i tried the foward bend everything else felt better standing ect.. This is the first guy all weekend who is right to me. Everyone else had me bending backwards and was at a 10 on the pain level one might say why i did that well it was a 10 to begin with thats how i ended up in the mess. Finally something thats working thanks Dr. Charlie.

Oddly enough I was trying a sitting forward position to take pressure off my disc when this video popped up !

Bending back or mckenzie hurts. Everyone says mckenzie but it hurts. I have herniated disc. I too scared to bend forward it used to hurt

If bending backwards hurts do you ever do it

Nice advice from Commander Shepard.

She's having to use muscle to "sit up tall" because she hasn't shifted her ischia back-the coccyx is tucked under. You have to stick your bum out as you sit down, and then you don't have to use muscles to sit up straight-you maintain the low back curve without having to use muscles. If that causes discomfort then for sure, don't do it. You may have an issue like a forward bent sacrum, a sacral rotation, many things are possible from a Hesch Practitioner perspective. I totally agree that pain is a message that something is not right and we shouldn't persist in a an exercise or position that elicits pain. When she bends forward, you can see that her right side is superior (looks higher) than her left. That's a sign of a pelvic issue that could possibly be treated. Regardless, whatever works-do it! Thanks for the video Charlie.

What if the forward bend is good but back bend doesn’t change with either hold or reps?

I have spinal stenosis and my facet joints are bad enough that it shows up on an x-ray. I did 20 PT visits last year and they insisted on bending backwards. It didn't help. Now I'm doing RFA and after almost a week I guess the nerves haven't died yet. I still feel pain, particularly on my left side. Bending forward feels much better than backward. I do the classic "lean on the cart" when I shop. I'm not sure this pain on the left is facet joint or not. No stretch I've tried seems to help more that a few minutes. But yeah, if this your issue, run away if you hear "McKenzie Method" at the PT office. I've searched You Tube endlessly. What can I do to fix this? I bend forward a lot but there's no lasting relief.

I have more pain when I walk or stand. So I tried these forward bends. I think this helped. How many times per day?

Good video. Is it safe to say most people have extension bias? I heard a stat that people make some type of flex forward motion a thousand X day which can lead to back/butt/sciatica issue.

so how to sit if not in a figure L

Why you talk to us like 5 years old😅