11/10/2026
People often misunderstand the idea of "sparing the back" when rehabbing a lower back injury.
Take flexion for example, for some reason it has become a trigger word for people.to launch into 10 minute rants about whether you should avoid it all together or not.
In reality, if you have a flexion based injury (disc bulge, disc herniation, retrolisthesis) you need to bring your total flexion per day back down below a tolerable level to let your injury, and your pain, heal.
This dose NOT mean...avoid all flexion at all costs...just that you make smarter choices to spare it excessive workload to help it heal.
Flexion is not the enemy...you just learn where your limits are when healing.
And as ever..."It Depends."
