If you want to know how to get a up from a chair to help prevent a lower back pain when seated then the hip hinge exercise will help you. The hip hinge exercise is one of the great hip joint exercises and lower back rehabilitation exercises that teaches us how to bend forward from the hip joints rather than the spine so helping to protect the lower back joints from excessive pressure which potentially contributes to lower back pain.

I see so many low back pain patients who when trying to bend forward to touch their toes, bend from their upper backs and stick their necks out rather than hip hinge. When you hip hinge you use the ball and socket design of the hips and the surrounding gluteal (butt) muscles rather than abusing spinal joints. So read the great paper by chiropractor Craig S. Liebenson, D.C. and you can watch the videos about the hip hinge exercise.  You can also find Craig Liebenson’s rehabilitation textbook below. So to hip hinge is to learn how to move your lower back correctly.

How to Bend Properly