Just want to say thank you, I have used these stretches for a number of years because of this video it’s given me a lot of pain relief and also made me more comfortable

2 days ago i started to feel a slight pain in my lower back and since then it has gotten worse. last night i had trouble sleeping because it is constantly hurting. the only time i dont feel it as much is when i am walking. keep in mind that i am only 19 years of age and i have never had a back injury.

Oh wow! Thank you! I found this video and did the lay down exercises and felt instant relief afterwards. I've had lower back pain, pain shooting pain down my left leg to my foot, and numbness for a few weeks now. I'll continue these exercises and report back my progress

Can't thank you enough Madden PT--these three exercises very rapidly resolved a low back lifting injury that was not healing on its own!

Thanks a lot for making these videos! I'm a 3rd year DPT student, and your ther-ex videos have helped me countless times in the clinic and with patients. Thanks for all that you do!

This is the second exercise video that I found to be working, these madden exercises work!!

You the man ! I felt so much better after doing these exercises . Hopefully doing these exercises everyday can improve my lower back pain . Thanks !

I love the idea of the "Top 3" series- there is so much info on the net- it is nice to see excercises posted by our family's own PT! I subscribed to your channel so I know when the new ones are posted- keep them coming! (Maybe it will help me convince/inspire my mom to actually do her exercises!!!)

Blessed & thank you 🙏🏽

I used to do the arching exercise and it would help, but the pain would come back moments after I got up. So I started sleeping in this position by putting pillows under my top half. After doing that for a week, my pain was gone and didn't come back again until 3 months later when I had to carry some heavy stuff. Now I'm sleeping in this position again and hope I'll get the same result I did last time.

Thank you sooo much for the in depth and prompt reply. I will def give it a try. Thanks again. Your vids are great and actually work.

Very informative. Thank you for sharing this vital information with the world.

I ve been doing these exercises for only 1 day:) thank you so much already feel much better now!my biggest problem is after wake up when i drive to work.its painful sitting in the car and getting out of the car as well.then after 5 minutes i feel better.

Thank you so much. This is really helping me.

pretty helpful, thanks for uploading

These are the only perfect simple excercises provided one does

Great suggestions in these videos! Nice work!

thank you for the video it was really helpful!

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks a lot sir

THANK YOU IT WAS EXTREMLY USEFUL. I WASIN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN.NOW I HAVE LESS PAIN.

Very helpful video for my L5S1! Thanks!

Brief&upto the point.good video.

I stumbled across the first exercise of the three when working from home on my laptop. I had been laid up for a week with sciatica. The only comfortable position for using my laptop computer was working on my stomach from the floor; I used a couple couch pillow to prop up my chest. To my surprise, sciatica reduced significanty after a couple hours of work.

These help sooooo much, thank you!

Thank you for this wonderful tip

Excellent God bless you Sir

In October I was hospitalized for severe herniated disc in the L4-L5 area causing sciatica and numbness all the way down to my toes on my right side. I avoided surgery. These exercises helped tremendously and even the doc and neurologist were impressed at my quick recovery. Would it hurt me to increase my workouts, to include running or doing squats? What exercises should I avoid, so that I don't have any bulging of the disc again? Any help would be great!! Thanks so much for posting this.

omg omg you helped saved my life! i couldnt even roll over! the pain! this and the other vid and tylenol elped me to roll over and get up with minimal pain. THANK YOU!!!

Truly helpful!

Hey man, god bless you

Chad, I can't thank you enough. Found your video two days ago, did these stretches a few times per day, and am thrilled with the results!

I have neck pain, herniated disc and plantar fasciitis I think i have a big problem with my bones !!! please add more videos about these things .... thank you

i figured that much, thanks for the helpful videos!

I need to say thank you so much for this video, i was speculating for some time i had a herniated disk even though im young (21 years old) but i work with heavy boxes. One day when i went to college it was just unbearable, i thought it was just regular back pain but it didn't go away for months, when i went to the doctor all they said it was normal back pain and sent me on my way (i don't have medical insurance). After 10 minutes of just doing these exercises i had a significant drop in pain.

Went through three doctors before my therapist explained it well. When sitting or standing the water is squeezed out of your discs. When you sleep the water swells the disc and presses on the nerves going to my leg. Worst thing to do is lay in bed no matter how sleepy. I get up and sleep in a chair. And do these exercises. Still have to take a pain pill in the morning and crutch it; but by noon I’m walking okay.

Thanks, started with PT again, someone who is hands-on.. Appriciate the advise.

i do daily these exercises ,,, its really helps me, thanxs for posting,,,,

Thanks. Just tried it and can actually lay on my back rather than my belly!

After doing these exercises, my back pain has subsided and my left leg doesn't hurt when I walk. I can walk better now, thanks!

I took my nephew to a trampoline park and we jumped on those things for like 2 hours... the next day my back was destroyed. I'm pretty active, I run at least 3 times a week and walk a lot through my commute to work, i could barely do any of these things. I used heating pads and ibuprofen, and while they provided temporary relief, nothing seemed to be helping. I couldn't even cough or sneeze the pain was so bad. Did some research and found these stretches. started doing them every night and after about 4 days I'm 80% better. Its incredible. i can't recommend trying these enough. Thank you!

thanks A lot Madden for suggesting and replying me

Currently going through some horrible lower back pain and these simple exercises are surprisingly relieving! Thanks.

Thanks so much, I trust your advice. I would have you as my PT if I lived near you. I have been to multiple PTs before getting diagnosed with spondylolisthesis, and some recommended these exercises and to avoid sitting and to stand and walk as much as possible...I may have aggravated my condition hopefully there is a chance to reverse the damage.

Thank you, I needed something to help my hubby endure his pain until his doctor appt. It won't be for another 26 days. This will be a great help. Much appreciated.

believe i have disc herniation after lifting many boxes the previous week...hurt to bend and getting out of bed was a challenge..it got better over the week and then i must have done some wrong movement today and now it hurts again. going to try these exercises and hope this gets better over the coming weeks

thanks

excellent

You've just described everything I've been experiencing - bad knee, one leg thinner than the other, bump on lower back - what was diagnosis? Just chiro? I've been through so many PT's at this point and need some relief in a big way.

really appreciate...👍

Hello again. Thank you for these usefull videos. I have been exercising for a few days now , i'm back to work, and i'm feeling much better. After about 3-4 hours of work it starts to hurt a little, but that is probably because i was at home and got a little out of shape, but it does't hurt when i bend over. So thank you again, God bless people who do a little something for others like you! Keep up the good work.

i have herniate disc from 2009 nd now i'm 22years - i can't do a lot of activities and every time i decide to start exercices i don't continue'em but from now on i won't stop

Did the first "exercise". Pain in leg was completely gone after that. But it came back in the morning a little. I'll just have to keep this up until it heals completely.

Very good

Well, my pain isn't chronic, I just get it sometimes after some movement or other, that I guess causes the herniated disc to press against the dural sac. However I've been doing the exercises for the past two weeks and I feel better after doing them. Thanks! I've also been swimming - seems to help a lot.

these videos r really useful

Hello. These exercises helped me to centralize leg pain into my back, so my leg is now painfree, thank you! Are there any chances that one day ill cure not only leg pain, but also that back pain caused by exercises?

maddenptofficial- Thanks for your quick and technical response and not refering me to a guru in a Himalayian cave. Your efforts to help and alleviate physical suffering can only result in your continued and inevitable success. Best wishes.

cheers

You have helped me more than my regular doctors.. who do I donate to you?

@maddenptofficial I was diagnosed with a monor slipped disc l4/l5 and an annular tear not displacing any nerv roots. I took 6 months off and was told by my PA that I could return to my normal workouts, i specifically asked him if i could do the normal squat and benchpress ect and he told me that was fine and so i did. After doing one squat with 100lbs my back feels alot worse!. i have a constant burning back on my left side and it aches, and at times my buttox burns. I am only 20 years old and

WALKING!! I suffered for years with a herniated disc, babying it, spending too much time lying down or sitting. Then i heard somewhere about the healing power of simply WALKING. Gotta get that blood pumping, get moving. So i started forcing myself to just walk more, even though i was limping. It didnt take long for my disc issue to heal, and it hasnt flared up since. I had tried everything else, even expensive chiropractor sessions, which did NOTHING. Its FREE to walk, and it will help!

I can't believe this worked thank you

Really appreciate your response! I'll let you know how it goes thank you.

These exercises are effective and best exercises to strengthen back muscles… As a physical therapist at healthclues Hyderabad, i want to mention that Lumbar disc herniations are a fairly common condition and are often seen in the physiotherapy clinic. In most cases, the condition resolves well with physiotherapy treatment. Awareness and use of proper posture and good lifting techniques, along with a maintenance program of exercises help to ensure effective control of this condition following physiotherapy.

After 4 weeks of PT I was working full time and I was back training in the gym taking it really easy and trying to strengthen my core the best I could. Still I felt tingling and some morning were better than others. I was thinking about decompression therapy but it is big money. So I just kept on with my own workout. For a month now I been training really hard including my legs. Yes! I hurt my self again and I bet it was my leg workout cause its been the only difference since my recovery.

Thank you very much for your reply. The CT showed that I have all 3 of the above, plus a hairline fracture at the base of my tailbone. All I know is that I have sciatica with nerve pain. I can't have MRI so that's as far as I have got at the moment. I'm not sure how I go about actually finding out what's causing the sciatica as my doctor etc are more for pain relief. I was supposed to go and see a neurosurgeon but I have not heard anything yet.

Hi doctor thanks for the video I have disc prolapse since 3_ 4 years and this year i graduated from medical college so i'm worried about my back what i can do to relieve my pain when i work in the hospital

How often should I do these exercises and how long after should I feel the results?

Please make more videos .......

Thank you for the informative video. I have a L5S1 herniation and have been doing McKenzie theory for about a week now. I noticed that when I first started the pain was in my upper Glute as expected but now for some reason, my range of motion has increased but the pain is localized in my lower hamstring just above the knee. Should I still continue this or not? I've also been doing core Stabilizing exercises, Myofascial release with a tennis ball, heat and ice. Any advice? Thank you!

wow! I live In Spfld ma. I wish you guys were closer.

thanks doc.. my husband have same problem, he can not walk too much. at night he can not sleep becasue of pain.. he is taking massage and medicine too but not effected

it is so much different than last time, last time it was just severe sciatica and i should have been given an emergency discectomy, they just messed me around, this time it is all in my lower back, i get twinges down both legs sometimes.

hello madden, thanks for the vids, very helpful. my problem is not hurting my lower back thru activity, but just the opposite. on my days off, il sometimes lay in bed reading for a few hours. head propped up a little bit on pillows. the next day my back is usually killing me, no so much as pain, but more in lack of movement, there is pain, but not to bad, just a restriction of movement more or less. il be hunched over a little bit, cant figure it out. i hurt my back by doin nothing. lol!

I have a transforiminal (far lateral) herniation at L4-L5 that is 2 weeks post injury. I have relief in flex ion and pain in extension so would these be good ex for me? Thx

I have been having problems with the sciatic on the left side off and on for years. I will get it healed up then out of the blue one day I will wake up and it will be hurting bad again. Or sometimes I will lift something and it feels like the nerve root where it meets my spine is tearing, then I have sciatic pain for about a week. I can pinpoint the spot and massage it and it hurts terribly. These exercises help but I wonder if there is something else other than NSAIDS that I might do. Maybe an MRI is a good place to start, but I have no insurance. I wonder how much an MRI out of pocket would be? And also do you recommend chiropractic?

Thanks, I'll try doing side/prone planking. Will these still work if I keep minute spinal flexion?

Thanks, it'll be great if this helps; I've had sciatica from a herniated disc for almost a month and can't even stand for longer than an hour, my foot goes numb and the pain is so intense it makes me nauseous. It's hard to get back to work because it's impossible to stand after an hour. Hoping I won't need surgery & these things will help!! No insurance :(

Thank you so much you showed me those exercices and my physician didn't. Do you think that sleeping on the stomach is good because I feel that it awakens the sciatic nerve? And do you have patients suffering from dizziness because of cervicalal pain? I have beginning of degenerative disc diagnosed. Thank you for your helpful videos

hi, Im 31, since 2011 having lower back problem. MRI says, 1] At L4 - L5 Level, there is dessication of the disc and suggestion of a focal annular tear. this is more towards the right side and posteriorly. 2] Diffuse Discal bulging seen at L4 -L5 and L2 -L3 levels with associated discal degeneration. 3] L2 - L3 level, there is broad based posterior discal protrusion indenting the anterior thecal sac. 4} L4 -L5 level, diffuse discal bulging is seen with minimal anterior thecal sac indentation.

Can these exercises help people with Thoracic disc herniations too?

Hiya, Great Vid. So I have an L5 S1 Disk issue that was compressing my S1 Nerve Root right side. After a year things are better but have lost some feeling down my right leg and in my little toes. I no longer or rarely get pain in my calf which was the worst but I do get bad muscle cramps/spasms in my calf or thigh if by accident I stretch or twist the wrong way. Have you heard of this before and will it get better? Also I only really get pain in my back now but will that go in time? Thanks Chris

@maddenptofficial i am not entirely sure it's in the lower part of that region probably around about T10-T12, well that's what my PT diagnosed it as for now. Getting a MRI soon hoping for the best i guess.

Do you have video for exercises for spinal stenosis .. . ?

I checked in about a month ago because I had extreme pain one morning that took me to the hospital, and when I was there the pain just disappeared, but my smaller toes went numb. I've been working with a McKenzie PT for the last 5 weeks, but I don't really sense that things are getting better. In fact, some very slight pain (1 out of 10) is starting to sneak back in, and I'm afraid it will get worse. My PT says to keep up the extension exercises (through his evaluation), and not to worry.

Can same exercises be done with bended knees if I dont have much space around me? I have L5-S1 disc bulge with pains in my left leg.

I will mk request w/PCP. Wanted to add (in case u had more thoughts) pain intermittent, radiating from neck to shoulder, scapula, arm, and hands. Mostly right, but always both. Gripping, sleep, and certain positions seem to bring on the pain. MRI impression: multilevel degenerative n spondylitic changes, varying degrees both spinal canal neural foraminal stenosis, more prominent at C4-5, C5-6, C6-7, further characterized w/lo dose CT myelography. Also cervical lordosis. Yes, side sleeper.

Buttock, hip pain, knot in back left center waist. On occasion groin and knee and hurts in buttock when walking. I was doing yor exercises but now can't without shifting my hip, then it seems to unlock. I made a dr appt but a few weeks out. Thanks.

Also, I started some easy swimming to try to help, because I figure the breast stroke is very similar to repeated back extension. There is so much conflicting information out there on the internet about everything (swimming good vs. bad, extension vs flexion, etc), as well as so many horror stories. I just wish I could be better again.

hi madden. i have been battling what i believe is sciatica for some years now, every doctor i go to tells me the same thing and they can never find anything. first question. if i do have bulging in my spine,would it only be seen in an mri or xray if the pain was physically there or is there another tests that can detect sciatica. My second question pertains to treatment, i have tried acupuncture which seemed to work for a few months but not much, would massage or physical therapy be helpful?

is this for posterior protrusion and disc displacement ?

Thank you for answer. Can an improper low back adjustment move a lumbar vertebra "out of place," therefore causing a pinched nerve with pain? Please reply.

I will be doing this from now on...I need to fix this asap so I can get back to the gym!

Hey doc. So ive got a posterior disc herniation between my L4 and L5 and have been following these exercises daily for about a month now. In addition to these is it okay to foam roll my lower back as well?

in Sankt-Petersburg the folk healer - Alibek Hoshbach Safarjan for three days removed my pain and for weeks all was cured my hernia of the cervical spine ( in contact)

Well the sciatica exercises were tough for me because im not so limber and i cant bend as much so i had to ease myself into it, it relieved some pain temporarily in my leg, when i sit it comes back, but when im standing or laying down it's completely fine (pain in my leg and back).

One other bit of information. Before I had this painful episode, I could not do the "cobra" stretch without it causing the sciatic pain. Now I can do it to full extension with no problem. My PT says I had a lateral component or shift before, but that appears to be gone now.

I had a disc protrusion in l3-l4, l4-l5,l5-s1 these are help full to me pls suggest me or other exercises