'clunking' lower left back (sacrum?)

[sensei8]

Good to hear that you sought out a medical profession for help, and that the visit was a productive one. What type of exercises were prescribed, if any??

[grenage]

Hi there,

They are a bunch of upper and lower back (generic) exercises; limbering, stretching, and strengthening:

Neck rotations (side to side, circles, up down)

Shoulder rotations (circles both directions)

Laying on the flood with legs at 90 degrees, moving legs left and head right down to the floor (then the opposite)

Moving arms behind, straightening and raising; raising a little more after each breath.

Arms held directly above, then repeat as above.

Putting one leg on a chair and stretching the other (forward stance).

Kneeling on all fours, then arching the back in both directions.

Laying on the floor with legs at 90 degrees, arching back up between knees and shoulders.

Same as above with one leg help straight out and up.

Planking for 30 seconds.

There are a couple more, but those are what I can remember. You're supposed to do the limbering exercises 5-10 times a day, the stretching 4-5 times a day, and the strengthening once a day. I'm only doing them all once a day at the moment, with the exception of the leg stretch, which I can do at work without being committed to an asylum.

I believe that the leg stretches alone are making the difference with my problem, but the others seem to be improving my general feeling.