Comments on: Use the Back Bridge Exercise to Improve Posture and Reduce Back Pain?

By: Immunization Schedule

Immunization Schedule — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:50:20 +0000

This video is really helpful. It helped me with my back injuries. I would surely recommend this to anyone! Thank you!!

By: Sol Hinchliffe

Sol Hinchliffe — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:53:36 +0000

Back bridges should be done with supervision and care if one is still new to the exercise. Injury claims specially for back injuries should be taken into consideration when exercises for the individual are usually back related workouts.

By: Missed Period

Missed Period — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:02:10 +0000

wow, thanks for the videos. i need this. much time on the computer sometimes makes you forget your posture… and then you become comfortable… haaaay… but really, thanks for this post! very helpful!

By: Jay Jay

Jay Jay — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:19:32 +0000

I have a bad back and have had to have specialist treatment to keep it mobile, but have been told that the only way to alleviate the pain totally is to operate. I am getting less and less able to exercise to keep my muscles strong. I have found that supplements help (like KreAlkalyn which is a form of Creatine) as it gives me a boost to help continue with my exercises. Just because you see a fit, healthy looking body with good muscle mass, doesn't mean that body is feeling good – take it from me.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:07:57 +0000

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By: Back Pain Relief Products

Back Pain Relief Products — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:02:45 +0000

The wrestler's Bridge is a very good exercise to build neck strength, for back pain, I find back extensions effective, strong abdominal muscles can also reduce back pain, especially lower back pain.

By: G.P.

G.P. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:42:36 +0000

I was doing back bridges when I was younger back in my elementary, middle school and high school days and let me tell ya, back bridges feel damn good! Everything gets a nice stretch! I'm starting to get back into bridges since I started working out again. I'm 30 now. I can't hold a bridge for too long yet since I haven't done it in years but from what I can do it feels pretty good especially for the lower back.

By: Janalyne

Janalyne — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:36:56 +0000

I absolutely love bridges…hip, back, and neck bridging has tremendous benefits in my own workouts and I've used it with clients as well for increasing strength and decreasing back pain. Many clients comment on noticing a change after just the first few workouts!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:02:24 +0000

I know this is an older post, but Rusty, if you're still reading comments here….

I know your personal experience is with lower back pain, but if you happen to find some, I'd love to get information on how to eliminate pain in the MID-back. It seems that quite a few people experience this but I don't have the slightest idea which muscles to strengthen (and what exercises will strengthen them), or what opposing/antagonist muscles might be yanking things out of place or adding stress.

By: J. Emory

J. Emory — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:16 +0000

Rusty,

Nice! Glad someone else has found this to be true. I learned about bridging from Matt Furey, and I have had no LOWER back pain for over 4 yrs. All I do is 3 reps/day holding for about 10-15 sec/rep, and wala!! BTW I play a lot of golf, so lower back pain has bothered me for the past 15 yrs.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:59:55 +0000

I learnt to do the back bridge while taking ballet classes growing up. Although I stopped dancing a long time ago, I have always worked on my flexibility and I do the back bridge from standing upright during my cool down time at the end of my workout. I never knew how beneficial this exercise is until i read this article and now that I think of it, I have never had any back problems in my life (but I'm only 24 so i dont know if that counts.
But yes back bridges can hurt your back if done wrong. I would highly recommend trying them using a stability ball underneath for support first and over time work towards being able to do it without the ball.
Wonderful site btw:)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:45:00 +0000

I love the hip bridge and use it any time I find my hip-flexors tightening up… like after sitting at a computer all day. need to figure out neck bridges, but the one or two times I have dabbled it led to a headache. frustrating.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:08:57 +0000

I recently added bridges to my routine and it has made a huge difference in back/spine strength, hip flexibility and overall confidence. I used to have slight soreness in the lower back from being at the computer a lot but it's virtually gone.

I do the "tumbleweed" flow from this prasara yoga routine, using ploughs to compensate hip bridges; the transitions are simply gorgeous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6CGtViWg8

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:59:57 +0000

Kudos to these trainers!!! I had disc surgery 5 years ago; pain had limited me to half of what I did before, and made it hard to teach my martial arts class. I bought COMBAT CONDITIONING and started with the Hindu squats, followed with the Hindu pushups and then added the neck bridge. It was AMAZING the difference it made; I have less back pain and am able to grapple now with students half my age!! I thank God every day that I found out that body weight calisthenics are MUCH better than barbells.

I have added the lower back exercises like the Superman to my students' workout. If it helped me, it'll help them.

Larry Bostic
Senior Instructor, Academy of Martial Arts
Jacksboro, TN

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:00:23 +0000

Rusty – I love your site it has so much knowledge especially knowledge that makes sense. I always come to see what new tid bits I can learn. The only problem I have is when to utilize the knowledge I've acquired. For instance the hip bridge or other techniques that have to do with posture etc where do they fit in with a regular workout routine and how long should you use them?

By: Doc Adam

Doc Adam — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:07:21 +0000

Great suggestion, the more functional movement a person does the better they will improve their strengthen and range of motion. May i suggest that you should stretch out your hip flexors first to improve upon the results- this will help stimulate the proper back and glute muscles building a stronger core.

By: Matthew Gagliano

Matthew Gagliano — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:18:44 +0000

I couldn't find anywhere in McGill's book about the hip bridge being bad. In fat, MikeBoyle who is also a fan of McGill is a big fan of the hip bridge. One major word of caution, make sure the client is fully contracting the glutes and not compensating by using the back and hyper extending the hipflexors. This can hurt the lower back by putting too many newtons of force on the lower lumbar. Keep up the posts, great blog!

By: jasonfranks

jasonfranks — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:26:53 +0000

@howar, do you wear the ninja socks that go with it with it?

if so, dont you need larger sized vibrams? its kind of tight if i have the socks.

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By: Studio Element Personal Training

Studio Element Personal Training — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:25:22 +0000

Good post! Quite often an overlooked area, the low back needs equal attention to the ever so popular, abdominal area. We, at Studio Element, constantly stress this to our personal training clientele and incorporate muscular balance into our workouts.