One of the biggest causes of back, neck and sciatic nerve pain is due to muscle imbalances. Muscle imbalances are an imbalance between 1 or 2 muscle groups. For example, the hip flexor muscles in relation to the gluteus muscles. If the hip flexor muscles are stronger and tighter in relation to the gluteus muscles, you will have an imbalance of the two muscles. That imbalance can then pull your pelvis forward causing further imbalance of your pelvis in relationship to your spine and hips.

Another common imbalance example is the lower abdomen and the lower back. Many people suffer from chronic tightness in their lower back and have weak lower abdominal muscles causing a lot of strain on their lower back.

Muscle imbalances are a direct result of how we use our bodies. For example, many of us spend a lot of time sitting. While sitting, your hip flexor muscles get really tight as well as the hamstring muscles, while the gluteus muscles get really soft and weak. Prolonged sitting also tightens the lower back while the lower abdominal muscles weaken, so you have at least 2 major muscle group imbalances caused from simply sitting.

These muscle imbalances can create pain in two different ways. The imbalances can create pain directly or indirectly by creating a condition that leads to pain. For instance, the imbalance between the hip flexor and gluteus muscles tends to pull the pelvis forward creating tension and tightness in the lower back, placing it under constant strain. Muscle imbalance can also result in conditions such as a herniated disc or sciatic nerve pain. These imbalances create excessive wear and tear on the discs, which will make the discs break down much sooner than they normally would.

So how do you actually treat these muscle imbalances to eliminate your pain? The only way to treat the imbalances is to get to the source of the imbalances with “muscle balance therapy”. This therapy is a combination of back and sciatic nerve exercises, stretches and other self treatments, but the first thing you need to do is to identify the exact muscle imbalances you have. The generic exercises you might get from a sheet of basic exercises from your doctor or chiropractor will not be enough to address your specific imbalances. In fact, some of those generic exercises could actually hurt you, depending on the specific muscle imbalances you may have.

You identify the specific imbalances you have using some simple self tests that are a part of the “Lose the Back Pain System“. Once you know the specific imbalances you have, then you can perform the specific corrective exercises and stretches for those imbalances. For instance, with the example of the hip flexor and gluteus muscle imbalances, you need to stretch the hip flexor muscles and strengthen the gluteus muscles.

We all have muscle imbalances and most have several imbalances. There are usually multiple muscle imbalances in effect in your body at any one time and they actually tend work against each other, increasing each imbalance even more. The worse the imbalances are, the more they tend to cause pain.

Therefore, the key to lasting pain relief is to identify your imbalances and then address them with muscle balance therapy.

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