How to Fix a Locked Back?

When you experience a facet joint trouble, the primary goal would be to increase the height of your disc for relieving the congestion of your joint. The next step would be to run it smoothly.

When you are in the acute phase, your joint would be at an extremely irritated state. Therefore, the treatment will need to ‘milk’ it of the inflammation.

Rocking your knees towards the chest region is an effective technique. When the joint is less painful and feels emptier, you can try revolving on the problem level to help mobilize it. Curl up exercises can work it out actively.

Curl ups help in reducing the dramatic pain as raising the abdominal tone helps in lifting the spine away from the painful joint. Curl ups also reduce the congestion because it helps in subjecting your joint to the normal relaxing and contracting of your muscles surrounding the problem area. Facet joint swelling can be reduced briefly with the help of a tennis ball, but should be done very carefully. It can be done by lying on the back, bending your knees, and pressing the pain away. The ultimate objective in the final stage would be the dis impaction of your neurocentral core.

The back block can also help in restoring the optimal lumbar hollow. It can be done by stretching the hip flexors (front part of your hips) in order to reduce the exaggerated lordosis, but can end up correcting a pronounced lumbar kyphosis. If you stretch down your anterior longitudinal ligament from the spine’s front, you will be able to achieve a pronounced lumbar kyphosis.

When on the block, you can also rotate your pelvis in a twisting action for disengaging the facets. Ordinary toe touches also have a key role to play.