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Your deepest abdominal muscle, the transversus abdominis, is nothing like the six-pack muscle everyone trains. Exercising on cold floors triggers a protective muscle response that keeps your spine tense for hours afterward—causing chronic low back pain that stretching can’t fix.
That post-run lower back ache isn’t a hamstring problem—it’s your hip flexors. After months of winter inactivity and desk sitting, these crucial muscles forget how to fully extend, creating a domino effect of pain. Learn the dynamic stretches and strengthening moves that actually work.
After years of deadlifting with climbing numbers and persistent lower back pain, a physiotherapist identified the culprit: hyperextension of the lumbar spine at lockout. This subtle but common mistake can silently accumulate damage—and it’s easier to fix than you’d think.