Larry O'Mahony

And so you need to treat it, not just specifically by maybe treating specifically the area, but it's treating your well-being, you know.

Also, research has showed us that if you think really bad thoughts, so if you think, oh, if I bend down now,

and I hurt my back that's desperate it's never going to get better then it's really unlikely that it's going to get better you know and that maybe that's going to stop you moving which is then going to start a spiral so part of how we approach pain is thinking right maybe I have a small pain now but harm and hurt are not the same thing that I can have a pain but actually it doesn't mean there's any damage so I can continue doing what I'm doing and the pain will go

And that's the first step in telling your brain, actually, it's OK.

Yeah, yeah, it is.

And also, I suppose that's where trust is really important.

But even for somebody who's at home now, maybe who has back pain or, you know, some sort of persistent pain, they can start off by just doing something small and trying to do it consistently.

So even if you don't, you know, want to fully believe me, try and test it out for yourself and just start off by picking a small task, 10 minutes, just doing it every day.

And slowly then starting to build on that and just seeing how you respond because the results will speak for themselves.

Now, it does take a little bit of time, of course.

Absolutely.

I'll give like kind of entry level exercises.

So there's if you go into four point kneeling, so it's kneeling on your hands and your legs so you can arch your back up and down.

And that's a lovely stretch.

Sometimes people call it a cat camel.

Or else you can stretch one leg and one hand away from each other and then bring them back in.

So that's really good for your trunk strength.

And if that's too complicated, just do the arm first and then do the leg.

And then as your trunk strength builds up, do the two together.

Squatting is also brilliant.