12/02/2025
3 areas that you should be strengthening but maybe aren’t that could help decrease low back pain!
🍎 Intentional deep core work. “Strengthening your core” can mean a lot of things to different people, but it means one thing to pelvic PTs and that’s engaging pelvic floor, deep abs and diaphragm all together. Getting this right can be a game changer for helping to stabilize the low back.
✂️ Adductors. These guys just don’t get enough love. They tend to be quite tight and weak on most people so we love a Copenhagen plank which takes the muscles through a full range. Strengthening the adductors will help with your posture and take pressure off the low back.
🍑 Gluts. We love a hinge or a split squat where you can load your gluts while they are lengthened. A lot of glut exercises that are prescribed are all about “squeezing” the gluts like a bridge or a clamshell but they often miss the length component which is very functional. If are gluts can work better, our back doesn’t have to work as hard.
There’s a lot to low back pain and it goes beyond basic exercises and getting a snap crackle pop. We usually find ourselves working on the pelvic floor, tailbone, feet, breathing along with the areas mentioned in this video. This is holistic pelvic floor therapy!