Back Pain? 5 Stretches To Do Before Getting Out Of Bed

08 May 2012

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Mariah McKenna, who grew up just North of San Francisco, spent the last few years abroad in Amsterdam, with a brief residence in NYC before recently returning to her West Coast roots. Once a preschool teacher, she left to pursue her love of reading and writing with a degree in English from UC Berkeley. She currently resides with her husband and two sons in the city of Santa Monica.

What's the first thing you do when you wake up?

Dr. Robert Oexman, director of the Sleep to Live Institute, told HuffPost Healthy Living that your answer should be "Stretch my back!"

"The greatest incidence of slipped discs occurs within 30 to 60 minutes after we wake up," he says. "That's because we get out of bed and immediately hit the ground running."

2 Comments

DebbieBarker May 8, 2012 at 6:49 pm Log in to Reply

Wow! Interesting that most slipped-discs occur within an hour of us waking up. Thanks for the article - I hurt my back a couple years ago and found this below article helpful for what to do AFTER my injury. To your point though, the article says, "prevention is ultimately the best medicine." http://betterhealthwashington.com/2011/11/getting-to-the-bottom-of-lower-back-pain/
dpkjj May 8, 2012 at 2:44 pm Log in to Reply

I have chronic back pain, and I make sure I do at least five minutes of stretches like these before I get out of bed. It makes a world of difference. I highly recommend it.

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