"50% more low back pain in ten years! "Dr Bruxelle says. "One of the main reasons for this inflation is sedentary lifestyle," he denounces. We move less and less, while adopting inappropriate positions for our column (sitting hours behind a computer, a steering wheel ...). In short, whether it is to prevent or cure, it is imperative to strengthen the natural defenses that are our abs and our dorsal.

Good sports when you have back pain

Those who work flexibility : stretching , ground bar , yoga , swimming (provided you do not keep the head extended out of the water) ... The golf is interesting because when "twiste", it is the pelvis and shoulders that work. It is important to find one that you will love enough to practice regularly.

For the lumbar
Sitting on a chair, you bring your knee to the chest and bend your head on your knee. The position is held for 10 seconds until you feel a relaxation of the gluteal muscles. Renew 5 times. Then change your leg.

For the backbones
Sitting cross-legged or in a chair, one's hands are crossed over one another and one pushes towards the ceiling, inhaling deeply. The position is held for 10 seconds and released by blowing. To do 5 times in the morning.

For cervical
We stand against a wall, feet 30 cm from the edge. With the head and the top of the shoulders, we push the wall by inspiring and we stay in apnea while maintaining the pressure for 10 seconds. To do 5 times in the morning.

Dangerous sports for the back

Running (too many repeated impacts), asymmetric sports (such as tennis or badminton) and all those who have to arch back (swimming in a bad position may, for example, do more harm than good ).

80% of back pain (lumbago, torticollis or even sciatic descending into the leg) go by themselves in a few weeks . And 90% of chronic pain can be improved.

To download

The booklet Take care of your back , produced by the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes).