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Best workout DVDs for low back pain sufferer?

ande2994
ande2994 Posts: 136
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I can't find any good core workout DVDs for back-pain sufferers -- can you?

I have a diminished disk in my low lumbar and chronically tight hamstrings (likely an improperly-healed injury). This restricts my range of motion -- I can't sit with my legs out in front of me without either significantly bending my knees or significantly leaning back. I simply can't do a few of the main pilates and yoga poses. When I get "gentle yoga" or other such titles, they don't provide a good workout -- I'm not elderly, I just have a bad back!

Has anyone with low-back issues found any good workout DVDs? I'd like to get the blood flowing and feel like I'm really strengthening my core without having to fast forward through all of the exercises that I can't do.

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  • Soziberry
    Soziberry Posts: 115
    I'm no professional but I would say get mobile 1st. Try a dance workout?
  • ladygloria
    ladygloria Posts: 279 Member
    I have a crooked back, bad neck, and shoulders and am loving zumba!
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