Doing situps on a bare, hard floor presses your spine along an unforgiving surface. The solution is to invest in a thick, foam exercise mat to help reduce the pressure placed on the back and tailbone. Or, grab an exercise ball and do situps while reclined on the ball instead. Not only does it reduce pressure on the tailbone, but also the added degree of instability can help you engage your core muscles even more. If your tailbone pain is the result of a previous injury, exercises like situps will likely always aggravate your issues.
That's where standing ab exercises come in handy. Instead of putting the pressure on your tailbone and spine, standing ab exercises still isolate the ab muscles, but without the pain. For instance, get a kettlebell and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. With the kettlebell held in both hands, raise it over your right shoulder and then down to your left foot. Repeat 12 to 15 times and switch to your other side to complete the set. You'll still get an ab workout, but you can ditch the floor.
This also means that if your abs are stronger than your lower back, you may end up putting too much strain on the latter with an exercise that feels good for the former. Alternatively, if you have a weakness anywhere else in your core, your lower back may overcompensate in some abs exercises and end up taking on more than it can handle. He adds that for some people, the back may tighten up enough to potentially cause a back spasm.
For many abs exercises, a small misstep in form can ask too much of your lower back. Stokes says the most common form mistake she sees during abs exercises is failure to tuck the tailbone, which results in the back being hyperextended.
Another helpful cue? Keep your lower back grounded. When it pops off the floor, you put your back in a vulnerable, hyperextended position. But tightness in your upper back or hip flexors can also limit your range of motion during your workouts and cause strain in your lower back. These are the types of core exercises that most commonly cause lower-back pain, and what you can do to modify them:.
Examples: Low leg lifts, leg tosses, GHD sit-ups. Tucking the tailbone and keeping your back flat are crucial here. For some people, basic anatomy makes that tucking position much harder. You could be strong as hell, but if you have a massive arch, tucking your tailbone can be tough. He suggests avoiding full-range sit-ups and instead doing basic crunches. Stokes suggests putting a ball in between your thighs when you do sit-ups or crunches to elp relieve your lower back. Examples: Bicycle crunches, Russian twists.
But being able to rotate your spine is an important for maintaining flexibility and being able to move your body in all of its planes of motion, Stokes says. Giordano adds that shortening the range of motion and making the movements very small and controlled will help, too. As you build core and lower back strength, you may be able to eventually increase your range of motion. By performing exercises that target your entire core, you can strengthen everything, including the lower back and the abs.
There are some great ways to strengthen your core without putting unnecessary pressure on your lower back. Stokes suggests: bird dog, dead bug, glute bridges, and planks as long as you do them properly with your pelvis tucked and core and glutes engaged! Rotational stability exercises are great, too, says Stahl bird dog is one. Examples of rotational stability exercises include: forearm plank with alternating leg raises, extended arm plank with alternating arm raises, and a side forearm plank with leg raise.
Numero uno is not keeping the abs engaged as you lay back down to the ground. This causes the second problem — the hips and rear end leaving the ground at the bottom of the movement.
This kipping motion causes repetitive rubbing of that tender spot on the floor. What is the solution? It is simple and one that we are always preaching: Keep your abs engaged throughout the entire movement and your bum on the floor.
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My tailbone sticks out extra far after I had my last baby. Anyway, I keep my abs engaged, but still get the butt berry because my tailbone is just jacked up.
Any help for that? Nope my butt never left the ground.. Last week I was on a challenge doing 50 sit-ups for 5 days compared to the 20 that I did maybe once or twice a week.
In and outs with resistance bands, Russian twists often. I also tend to slide back and forth on my tailbone as I come up and back down. In any lengthy sit up wod such as Annie the butt and floor can have the smallest amount of friction but because the lengthiness of the wod that small amount of friction becomes a constant rub therefore causing the berry.
I try to use the anti friction lotion not the sexual stuff…ha and it has always seemed to help prevent the … Read more ». Or you can get one from the zipper of that cute little butt pocket on your lululemon gear.
Really tough lesson. Invictus Blog.
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