Reddit reviews Backache: What Exercises Work

I am a big fan of exercise, it can even help with pain from skeletal malformations. But will it help you? Maybe, maybe not. All you can do is try and see if it helps. You need to exercise for your general health so it's not like it was a waste of time if it doesn't help your pain (well, if it makes your pain worse it is).

Yoga can be very easy if you find the right class and teacher. And I would recommend a teacher because a teacher can show you gentler or alternative poses and correct your alignment so you don't hurt yourself. Especially if you have back issues the teacher will tell what NOT to do. Yoga should not hurt, ever. If it does you're working it too hard. Look for gentle hatha yoga classes, either beginner's yoga or even senior yoga. Go to a class once or twice a week, or get private lessons, and then practice at home daily. You don't have to practice an hour either. 15-20 minutes is good. It does take a long time to see results, like months. It's a gradual process but it does really help. It will increase both your abdominal core strength and the strength of your back muscles, as well as stretch things out and limber them up. /r/yoga can answer your yoga questions.

Yoga classes typically include a relaxation session, also very helpful for relaxing muscles.

In addition to yoga, or instead of, you can do gentle back exercises. I cured my sciatica with this book. These exercises are gentle enough to do daily.

Pilates can help with core strength but that might be too much to start with.

When you get stronger you may want to look into DDP yoga which combines yoga with strength. You can find videos on youtube that explain it. https://ddpyoga.com/

Have they recommended physical therapy? Sometimes it's a question of getting things stretched out and breaking up scar tissue. This was the issue I had with my neck. Old injury plus arthritis lead to max pain. PT was not easy but it helped a lot.