<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d3ecdc7a-60a5-405f-ab26-09f592af3963/18797CC6-5106-45FB-8CE9-2333272D0689/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/0047.asp?index=4372" href="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/0047.asp?index=4372" style="font-size: 11px;">www.clevelandclinic.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/0047.asp?index=4372"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><H3 align="center"><FONT size="5">Low Back Pain-Exercises</FONT></H3> <P><STRONG> <FONT size="3"> What exercise can I do to reduce low back pain?</FONT></STRONG></p> <P><IMG width="274" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="108" align="right" alt="Back%20Pain%20Exercise" src="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/../../pictures/backex1.gif" /> <SPAN class="subhead"><B>Pelvic tilt</B></SPAN> Lie on your back with your knees bent. In this relaxed position, the small of your back will not be touching the floor. Tighten your abdominal muscles so that the small of your back presses flat against the floor. Hold for five seconds then relax. Repeat three times and gradually build to 10 repetitions. </p> <P><IMG width="274" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="110" align="left" alt="Back%20Exercise" src="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/../../pictures/backex2.gif" /> <SPAN class="subhead"><B>Knees-to-chest </B></SPAN> Lie on your back with both legs straight. Bring one knee up to your chest, pressing the small of your back into the floor (pelvic tilt). Hold for five seconds and repeat five times. Repeat exercise on other leg. </p> <P><IMG width="271" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="146" align="right" alt="Back%20Exercise" src="http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/../../pictures/backex3.gif" /> <SPAN class="subhead"><B>Back stretch</B></SPAN> Lie on your stomach. Use your arms to push your upper body off the floor. Hold for five seconds. Let your back relax and sag. Repeat 10 times.</p> <P>Discontinue any exercise that produces or increases pain in the leg. </p> <P><SPAN>© Copyright 1995-2005 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All rights reserved.</SPAN></p> </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/18797CC6-5106-45FB-8CE9-2333272D0689/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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