MOTION:
Lie down with your back flat on the floor. Bend one knee while keeping your foot on the floor. Straighten your other leg. Tighten the muscles at the front of your thigh (quadriceps) to straighten your leg. Slowly lift that leg off the floor about 6-12 inches. Keep your leg straight. Hold your leg off the floor for about 5 seconds. Then slowly lower your leg back to the floor. Do the same with your opposite leg
REPETITIONS:
Perform each exercise 10 times on each side.
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Back Pain Overview
Back pain includes lower back pain, middle back pain, upper back pain or low back pain with sciatica. Nerve and muscular problems, degenerative disc disease, and arthritis can result in back pain. Back pain symptoms may be relived with pain medication or pain killers.