Why does my back hurt in the middle of the night?

This question is posed a couple times a month. 

Consider that when you’re resting in bed, you don’t have any other muscles to help take pressure off of a tight muscle.

I hear all the time that things feel painful or tight “until I get moving”. 

You therefore get the truth of the matter in the middle of the night. 

Good:  now we know what’s going on and what we need to take pressure off of. 

Consider also that tight, painful muscles are working pretty hard; the question is, what muscles aren’t actually working that we could kick in to take pressure off of the hard workers? 

That’s a big reason why I’m not a fan of back exercises for back pain. 

Why work muscles that are already working overly hard? 

Doesn’t make sense to me.

I don’t help people feel better with back exercises. 

Happy Wednesday!

Here’s to balance, strength and happiness! 

🙂 Laura