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Gentle pilates exercises are really good. First stand straight and tall, pull in your core ab muscles as much as you can then release about 30%. Reach up to the ceiling, keeping heels flat on the floor and stretch long into your neck (imagine a piece of string attached to the top of your head and pulling it up).

Keep abs pulled in, as these hellp support a weak back.

There is one exercise where you lay flat on your back with arms outstreched and knees bent, ankles together, then drop the knees to one side, turning your head to look at the outstretched opposite hand. This gently untwists your spine & eases any locking facet joints.

Also, laying flat on your front, push upwards to lift shoulders off the floor to rest on your forearms, looking and stretching upwards. This stretches the spine.

Do both these with core abdominal muscles held taut.

Then, with palms flat on the floor, push up to be on all fours and drop your bum back onto the backs of your heels, bring your arms back down by your side and completely relax. Again, this stretches & rebalances the spine.

If you have a pilates class running nearby, I can highly recommend it. I suffered with lower back pain for a long time (result of a desk job and too much garden landscaping). Then I bent over one day and it all locked up, so staggered off to an osteo, who did her stuff then recommended pilates. Since then, not a problem.