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This article looks at how developing abs and body core strength can help alleviate bad backs. The relationship between having a weak body core and back injury is not just a myth

As we spend less time being active, using cars, sitting in offices, our physical condition can easily deteriorate. This often leads to weight problems, not only leading to the loss of a flat stomach, but can also affect back injury.

The abdominal muscles and lower back muscles have developed to help keep us standing upright. To enable us to maintain a straight posture, we need to keep these muscles in trim. If we fail to develop our abs maintaining a strong body core, one of the first impacts is that we start to slouch. This slouching leads to a cycle of muscle realignment, which can directly impact on the strength of the lower back.

A slouching position, lengthens the back muscles and shortens our abdominal muscles, to counter this we increasingly use our backs as levers when lifting items, this in turn can lead to lower back injuries.

In a similar way, putting on excessive weight can lead to back injury

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and pain. This is seen in pregnant women, who regularly report lower back pain. It is hardly of any surprise this happens as the lower back muscles take the strain of supporting the weight of a growing baby.

Through maintaining body core strength we can alleviate many early stage back injuries. Developing abs, enables weight to be distributed evenly between the lower back and abdominal muscles. This in turn helps maintain a straighter back, keeping the back muscles correctly aligned and stopping the abs from shortening.

Maintaining body core strength, by strengthening abs doesn’t require endless trips to the gym or tortuous workouts, but can be done in the comfort of your own home.

By maintaining a strong body core we can help reduce bad back incidences.

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