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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
The PT technician gave me a list of about 6 exercises to do twice a day. I'm doing those now instead of yoga. Good to know they have some chance of helping.
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As your core gets stronger go back to yoga. I do a session on youtube (yoga by Celeste) for herniated discs. Strengthening your core is the key, just don't overdo it. I find that stretching my hamstrings and a piriformis stretch tend to keep me from getting lower back pain. Just make sure you're doing the stretches and strengthening as much as the PT says to do it or a bit more if you can. I was supposed to go in for a microdiscectomy 3 years ago and have avoided it by stretching and core strengthening. I haven't been doing my exercises like I should but when I start feeling tight in my lower back I just do the leg stretches and piriformis stretch and it normally goes away pretty fast.