Chronic low back pain? Have you check your multifudi?

Chronic low back pain can be so frustrating and despite trying to avoid motions or positions that are known to increase pain, it can flare up for no reason whatsoever! ARGGGGHHHH!!!! It can put huge limitations on people’s activities and therefore, on their quality of life – so not cool! If you have ever dealt with this kind of pain, you understand how it can literally change your life. It can make even the simplest tasks seem like giant feats – lifting your toddler, picking your kid’s toys up off of the ground, putting on your shoes and socks, sitting at the table to eat….the list goes on. It will interrupt every aspect of your life, including the most important thing that is needed for healing – SLEEP! Some people use more than 5 pillows every night just to try to find some position that will allow them to get some respite from the pain. Everyone talks about how important “core strength” is, but does everyone know what is meant by “core strength?” I didn’t know until I went to PT school, but even then, I didn’t really know until I worked with many people over the years who felt like they had tried everything. They’d done “core exercises” and worked their abs and glutes but it didn’t help their pain as much as they would have expected, or in some cases, it made it worse.