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Hi starnight1, I put this on healing page some time ago... back in 1996 and i'm in my early 40s and slipped discs and a walking stick, and the pain!! My specialists I visited, one said you'll never be able to play snooker or go running again.

We spend all our lives bending over forwards to some degree, and this puts pressure on the discs and eventually they can push out a fraction and touch a nerve.

I researched this a lot in 96 and years after, and this won't apply to everyone, different issues, but I had 2 discs in bad shape touching a nerve - now 2020 - 66 years old, I am slim build by the way, not that it matters as long as a persons weight is sensible - this morning I went out on my mountain push bike, came back in and went for a little run with my dog. I'm only saying the last bit to give some people hope!!

How did I do it? A very simple exercise - on my tummy on the floor, and my now passed mother in law used to say 'look at him again on the floor'...

So on my elbows 10 seconds facing floor, and feel your back stretch the other way to normal use. Very gently now at first - and this is everybody's own personal choice if to try it. Or on the bed face down, top half of your body on the pillows eg arms, and gently stretch - 10 seconds 2 or 3 times a day, very steady at first. If you feel a dull ache in lower spine, its doing good - but steady now, no more than 10 seconds - and at the very first time trying, first few days, go easy then increase after your back gets used to stretching the other way to normal.

I hope this helps someone here including you - but like I say this is how I fixed it for me, if anyone tries it - your choice, we can only suggest and try to help... And anyone here reading, after your day and you're backs aching - early warning signs, so this exercise is good to do twice a day, to keep your back supple and strong.