is it true that doing abdominal exercises will help with lower back pain ?

mу lower back hυrtѕ alot alot alot аnd i dο gymnastics im аlѕο going tο physical therapy fοr mу hamstring аnd thеу ѕаіd thаt doing abdominal exercises wіll hеlр іѕ thаt rіght ???
аnd mυѕt i keep doing gymnastics wіth thіѕ horrible pain ?

core muscles!

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5 Responses to “is it true that doing abdominal exercises will help with lower back pain ?”

  1. Valerie Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 1:51 am

    Yes, you will be increase your core muscles and the back pain will lesson. Skip the gymnastics for awhile please!
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  2. Alex Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 2:17 am

    core muscles!
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  3. Number 11 Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 2:57 am

    It is right, your making your muscles stronger.
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  4. ZIGGIE Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 3:35 am

    Yes that’s right.

    No, you must be seeking answers for your pain and treat it properly by a doctor.
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  5. mistify Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 4:24 am

    The total "core stability" mantra has been blown out of proportion and it misapplied in most cases. In truth…very few episodes of low back pain can be attributed to a weak core, but the scheme behind it has trickled down all the way into the personal training arena. The journal Physical Therapy recently in print a literature review on "core stability" and has found that the evidence for it’s use is poor and highly unvalidated.

    on an anatomical perspective, when you consider the amount of force that the "core" muscles such as transverse abdominus, multifidus, internal and external implicit can exert on the spine on a segmental level, the maximum force that these muscles can narrow on an individual lumbar segment is about 10 fold less than the amount of force that occurs from just being upright. In additional words, from an anatomical perspective, "core stabilization" (or abdominal exercises) is a moot point (it’s anatomically impossible).

    But, in conjuncture with the problem with treating patients with low back pain…exists the possibility that a certain TYPE of back pain may benefit from core stabilization. But at this time, this group of people remains poorly defined.

    You don’t give any more details about your history, age, level of competitiveness, etc. But, in young gymnasts, there is always concern for an acute "par break"…a small break of the vertebrae that can be the beginning of a long, arduous period of recovery.

    If you haven’t had any further work up for your back pain, and you are a relatively competitive gymnast, I’d speak to your physician about having A/P and implicit x-rays to rule out a pars break. If so, it will be imperative to modify your activity.
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    I am a physical therapist

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