Serious: if anyone is going through lower back pain, start doing the Slavic/Asian squat (keep your heels flat and have your butt just above the ground by your heels).
Start by sitting on the edge of a couch/chair and using your arms like a triceps dip, get down into the squat. Even for a few seconds. Do this several times in the day, holding the squat long and longer.
It stretches out your lower back while also increasing leg strength and balance. Keep improving and soon you can do the squat without the assistance of a chair.
Get your total daily squat time up to 10 minutes per day. Gradually increase until you get at least 30 mins of squat time in per day. On a phone call? Squat. Doom scrolling on your phone? Squat while you do so.
You will be amazed at how well this one sinple motion gets rid of lower back pain and prevents it from returning.
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