When I Hurt My Back, Should I Stretch?

So, when you blow your back out, I mean,
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really blow this thing out and you’re in
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in rough shape, okay? Is stretching
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good? I get this question all the time.
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People come in and they’re in crisis and
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they want to know what stretches to do.
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And the answer is none.
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When you’re really blown up, okay,
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stretching can set you backwards. Okay.
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The things to do when you’re blown up.
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Ice, rest, and see me. Okay. We don’t
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stretch while our low back pain is a 7 8
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9 10. Okay. If you if you feel like ah
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ah and you’re getting that no
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stretching. It can literally almost rip
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the scab off. Excuse me. As you’re
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healing, it can set you back. Okay? So,
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we don’t want to stretch. ice, rest,
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avoid things that would irritate it and
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see me. And then as you progress, as you
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get better, pain levels come down five,
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four, three, then we can slowly
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introduce some gentle stretching. But
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you got to be very careful. Stretching
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when you’re in crisis can really set you
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back.