Oliver Realino, Physical Therapist:
If my hamstrings are tight, it's going to pull my butt downwards and forward. What would happen to lower back? It will push you forward and somehow flatten your back. It equals to sprain, strain, lower back pains and tightness and so on and so it's a vicious cycle.
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To keep your back pain free, Dr. Mesnick says you need to maintain a healthy weight, and if you smoke, quit.
Neal Mesnick, MD, Physiatrist:
Anything that would decrease blood flow to an area such as cigarette smoking, it's polluting the oxygen getting to the area is not going to help it to heal.
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Ed is working hard to make lower back pain a thing of the past.
Ed, Has Low Back Pain:
I mean, it's one of those commitments where there's not a choice. I mean, your option one is to commit yourself to getting better. Option two is to sit in your chair in pain. Option one seems very easy.
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Thanks for joining us on today’s Once Daily.
