How Coughing Causes Low Back Pain (and what to do about it)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2019
- Is coughing low back pain taking your cold from annoying to downright painful? I’ll teach you why the two are connected and how to avoid the pain.
There are 3 major categories of back issues - flexion dysfunction, extension dysfunction, and compression dysfunction.
If you’ve got flexion dysfunction, movements that involve flexing or bending forward will aggravate your low back pain symptoms.
If you’ve got extension dysfunction, movements that involve extending through the spine will be problematic for you.
In the last type, compression dysfunction, activities that cause weight to bear down through your spine will aggravate your symptoms.
When people cough, we tend to go into flexion. That’s because when you cough, your abdominal muscles engage. These muscles are flexors of the spine.
Because of this, it’s not surprising that coughing low back pain is more likely to be an issue for people with flexion dysfunction.
It’s also a big issue for folks with compression dysfunction because any strong muscular contraction in the torso will probably add to the compression forces and cause symptom aggravation.
The strategies will differ based on what type of low back pain you’ve got, so it’s important you take a look at your symptoms and understand the root cause.
If you have flexion dysfunction, your strategy will be to avoid letting a cough pull you forward into flexion.
If compression dysfunction is giving you trouble, you want to avoid strong abdominal contractions when you cough.
The simple postural adjustments taught in this video will help prevent that irritating cough from causing big setbacks in your low back pain progress.
That way, the next time you’ve got a cough, you can avoid your back symptoms flaring up. You need to focus on getting over your cough - not dealing with a new low back pain episode!
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Thank you so much.. This was the first time, I ever felt the pain due to coughing. I got really really sick with the mega flu and it was horrifying. Thank you for these exercises they helped amazingly!
Happy to help!
Thank you very much for this video🥰
You’re welcome 😊
This really worked. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Wow this really helped. I don't feel the pain when I follow what u recommend for flexion dysfunction! Thank you! Subscribed...
Awesome!
Thanks for letting us know that and for the sub :)
Thank you so much. I'm experiencing low back/spine pain (for the past 2 weeks) with pain in both hips and upper butt area. I didn't know that coughing could cause this pain. Have had a bad cold with cough since early December. I will follow your suggestion especially for the "flexion" exposure, which I believe is my situation.
You are so welcome. Thanks for checking out the video and keep me posted on your progress.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thanks again. I've been dealing with low back/hip pain and didn't know what could be causing it. I have been coughing much in the past 2 months with a bad chest cold (finally got my doc to send me a good cough syrup with codeine) which led to bronchitis. Still have a dry cough but working on it with more meds. My coughing method was bad and now I see what is aggravating my back/hips. Hopefully I'll get over this thanks to your help. Keep up the good work and stay well.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach how do I get rid of the pain in my back how do I heal
@@lashondahursey6116 start here:
www.precisionmovement.coach/spine-control/fec/
Also, check out the resources in the video description and consider starting the Spine Control program.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
@@PrecisionMovementCoach so this will help me not hurt when I cough right?
Thank you so much I come back here every time I get hurt 😬
We are always here for you :)
Thanks it’s work
You saved another life 🙏
Welcome 👍
I sit and smoke alot and coughing with lower back pain is a common problem when I'm working on a project. I really appreciate this video alot. September 12 2020
Thanks for following along.
Hello sir, your trick worked on me .
I was unable to bend forward easily, now this trick is helping in this too.
Thanks a lot sir,🙏🙏
Great work👍
My abs are so sore, I feel like every time I cough someone stabs me. I can't stop coughing cause I am sick, I can try to control my cough and do small coughs but it doesn't get rid of it, so I am force to make a big strong cough.
That sucks. Get better soon!
OML SAME
@@eminem4148 Did the video help? - Coach Joshua, Team PM
Me too 🤕🤕🤕
Thank you very much for this Video
I thought I have apendix
Phew , Finally releived
Glad that you figured it out :)
I find your video very informative, I get a bad sharp pain in both legs when I cough , I have prolapse disks and presume that's the cause of it
I hope that the video helps you out! - Coach Joshua, Team PM
Thank you so helpful Aug 2022
You are welcome!
Do you have a routine or exercises that we can do to help heal these dysfunctions? I think mine sound like a compression and maybe a little flexion. Don't know if that's possible. I cant walk straight up for too long, I lean a little foward. But when I cough I have to lean back to help reduce the feeling of the disc slipping and the pain. 😫
I'll take the assessment. Thanks!
Thank you.
Certainly!
Make sure to check out this program:
www.precisionmovement.coach/spc-live
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
i may have a habit cough its a cough that wont go away and its causing a low back pain to me i hope that your instructions could help and thank you
You got this!
Wish I had seen this video before goin to hospital. Had dry cough for 3wks, my lower back started to hurt for 2 days straight. Got one of those cough attacks and tore my muscle and tissue FROM COUGHING!! I dodnt' know this was a thing.
Yikes...we wish you a speedy recovery :)
Coach E - when I cough, my back doesn’t hurt, but rather my posterior hip/butt around the glute medius. Sciatic like symptoms - extends to calf. Uncomfortable to drive and worst pain is standing up getting out of the car (pain in same spot). When I sneeze or cough, the pain is sharp as hell but then goes away.
After conducting each test, laying on my stomach brought pain for about 10 seconds then eased away. The only other test that brought pain was the dumbbell raise while in extension. The test result came back as a flex ion dysfunction though.
Can you recommend anything? P.s. I have a lot of external rotation - feet point out all the time. I’ve been going through this hip trouble for 3 months now - visited a chiro and massage therapist with no luck.
Thanks for your lessons.
Start here: www.precisionmovement.coach/assessments/bpk2/
This may also help: www.precisionmovement.coach/piriformis-syndrome-stretches-sciatica/
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thanks a ton Eric.
The beginner piriformis stretch you have demonstrated used to be my favorite stretch before this injury, I performed it nearly everyday. I can’t even get into that position anymore without pain in the same spot - posterior hip/buttock
Do you suggest staying on the standing piriformis stretch until I can properly get into that figure four position? What’s your opinion on foam rolling/massage ball on that spot for someone who can’t get into a figure four? Roll it up daily or leave it alone? It’s hard to tell what’s aggravating my nerve anymore.
Important to note that anything with internal rotation seems to relieve the pain temporarily, and I was told by my chiropractor that my rectus femoris is tight. I’ve tried TFL and PSOAS compression, all bring slight pain relief. But my posterior hip/butt is what is horribly inflamed.
My assessment returned as flexion syndrome and I signed up for the emails, I’ll pay attention to those.
In the meantime, thanks for paying attention to everyone in the comments. Truly commendable work you are doing here.
Definitely do some rolling/releasing before attempting the exercises. It can help to restore the quality of the tissue before you mobilize and activate the area.
Keep in mind that you can do too much rolling/releasing so keep your sessions to 60 sec or less. Daily should be ok.
Continue to work on the progressions that you are able to manage before attempting more challenging ones.
Understood. Final question - with 60 second rolling sessions - how often can I roll? 60 seconds - relax for 10 secs - then repeat for a few more sets? Or should it be more tame keeping it at one session every hour or so?
Do the 60 sec rolling sessions once daily. Because it is a passive modality no amount of rolling is going to help you to address the root cause of your issue. It may feel good in the moment but the tissue will just return to it's provoked state after a while.
Wow, pretty knowledgeable for as you say "Just some guy on the Internet."
Thanks!
Hi i just want to ask what to do to my back yesterday i just pick somthing in the floor then somthing pop in my lowerback i think then after that i have pain but not too much and after 40mins pain got reduced but that night im lying down in bed belly down suddenly i sneeze and i hurts my i i feel that pop again in my back now my pain is worse any suggestions? Thanks
Make sure to check out the resources in the video description for ideas on what to do next :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
I have it right now
Sorry for the late reply...did you ever resolve the issue?
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
I know to video is old but I have a question, In april 2022 I start lifting weight in school. After a very hard week overall, I sneeze and I suddenly have a small pain in the left side of my back like a dot or a ball.
Its been a few month and now the pain is still here and now in the middle of my back.
I did go to the hospital and they Say its nothing. I hope you have an Idea of what it could be but if you dont, Thank you anyway
The resources in the video description can help. Especially, the Spine Control program :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thank you 😁
When jump or even cough my lower left back strains and I need to be able to jump for sports Im on an injury leave for 2 weeks help please
Yikes...the resources in the video description can help you out :)
When I'm coughing, my abs and abdominal area is aching like anything. Although I didn't do any abs workout for weeks. What to do?
This video and the resources available in the video description can help :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Now I have that pain so what should I have to get better
This article should help you out. Pay close attention to the "How to avoid the pain" section. It will also help you to take the free back pain assessment I include in the article: www.precisionmovement.coach/lower-back-pain-coughing/
searching this in youtube, because yesterday i accidentally cough aggressively on bending forward position then i suddenly felt a pain in my lower back right side… please help and enlighthen me what can i do about this…
I hope that the video was helpful.
Make sure to check out the resources in the video description :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thank God that i tried the routine and now i can move easily without pain from 10/10 yesterday to 0/10 pain today… 🙏🏼😇😘
Don't bed over and cough at the same time. I'm struggling to move now
Ouch!
Did you try out the exercises?
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Idk if its lower back or kidneys since im sick too and coughing
Yikes...I hope that you feel better soon. This assessment tool may help you determine the root cause of the issue: www.precisionmovement.coach/assessments/bpk2/
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thank you for your concern, a day passed and I'm feeling much better, I did some light stretches, drank some syrup and coughing stopped, rested, and now the pain is gone
I coughed once while walking to bathroom and threw out my lower back. Can't even stand up now
Do this immediately: th-cam.com/video/yK1SrN2O2u0/w-d-xo.html
@@PrecisionMovementCoach thanks for responding! Will do!
My husband is suffering this right now
You came to the right place!
Make sure to check out the resources available in the video description for ideas on how to address the root cause of his issues.
Keep us posted on his progress :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
When am coughing my right side low front paining why so can I know sir
Did the video help?
@@PrecisionMovementCoach noo
@@PavanSugaOfficial how about the resources in the video description?
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
It feels like almost like a lung or something when I cough, but it's like right under my lower shoulder blade
Hmmm...
Try this out next and let us know how it goes:
th-cam.com/video/7lMjjTXUXWc/w-d-xo.html
:)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
in the middle of my sleep i suddenly sneeze ,then my lowback ache and cannot go back to normal position cause of severe pain, and this pain cannot cure immediate of any medicines i was stock on my bed for a couple of weeks,it was hard for me to stand. so much struggling when the times i had to go to comfort room,feels like i was dissabled person..
Ouch!
The resources available in the video description can help you out :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
I am just 15 year old and I am suffering from this problem😭
The resources in the video description can help you out!
It’s weird when I take a deep breath my mid to upper back hurts. When I exhale exaggerated my lower back hurts. 🤦♂️
When I sneeze I hit the ground.
I wonder if this article will help you: www.precisionmovement.coach/hunchback-posture/
Same with me. I was watching and randomly I laughed at a funny part and my back hurted.
I have all of that while im caughing my low back is hurts rip
Yikes...did the video help?
@@PrecisionMovementCoach yes thank you
Holy shit it worked I couldn’t even stand up nor walk
Awesome!
I'm sure I have all 3. And it's happened and more, can keep me immobilized for days
Please check out the resources available in the video description so that you can properly address the root cause of your issues.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Was diagnosed with covid a few days ago. Everytime I cough, my abs and back are in serious pain.
This video can help.
When I stand for long, then If I cough that causes sharp pain in my lumbar spine and goes immediately.
We are here for you!
Make sure to check out the resources in the video description for ideas on how to address the root cause of the issue.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Should I worry about it. I am an active person and I do running and gymming.
@@namansinghyadav3053 it's a good idea for you to do something about it so that it doesn't get worse and prevent you from doing the activities that you love :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
When I'm coughing my Back is hurt .What to do?🥺
Ouch!
Check out the resources in the video description and consider doing the Low Back Pain Solution program:
www.precisionmovement.coach/low-back-pain-solution/
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
my back is hurting like hell when i cough.
The resources available in the video description can help you out :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Shaquille O’Neal
Because the content is "impossible to guard"?
Mine only hurts on my right lower side/back. Been coughing for 3 weeks getting of pneumonia. It’s progressively getting worse. Not sure what to do
Ouch!
Make sure to check out the resources available in the video description and let us know if you have any more questions :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
My back and ribs hurts for 3 days
Yikes. The resources in the video description can help you to address the root cause of your issue.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
My back went into spasm while i was cleaning up after doing my business on the 🚽
Yikes...did the video help?
Don't forget to check out the resources available in the video description.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
fkin hell i just sneeze while poopin awhile ago now my back hurt like hell
will it go away?
the pain is at the lower back hurt more when doing the pelvic tilt forward
Yikes!
Make sure to check out the resources available in the video description to find out what to do.
Keep us posted on your progress :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
WHEN I COUGH I FEEL NEEDLES AT MY UPPER BACK
Ouch...did the video help? - Coach Joshua, Team PM
@@PrecisionMovementCoach WHAT IS BETTER FOR ME TO HEAL MY PAIN
@@Shivamg77 try this out and let us know how it goes: www.precisionmovement.coach/hunchback-posture/ - Coach Joshua, Team PM
I got COVID and my mid back would hurt soo much. But this makes sense
Glad that it helped!
I am just 13, and my back hurts too much due to the force of coughing.
Yikes! Did the video help? - Coach Joshua, Team PM
Its fucking annoying... everytime i cough or sneeze sharp pain in my lower back... nothing can help it... i just have to bear it
That sucks...did you check out the material in the video?
i sneezed and my back is gone
Ouch! Did the video help? Make sure to check out the assessment tool in the video description. - Coach Joshua, Team PM
I be gaming to much
You definitely need to stand up and move around more often...no matter how much fun you are having at the console. -Team PM
So it’s not my kidneys?
We hope not!
You primary care physician can help you to determine that for sure.
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
you talk like youre out of breath 24/7
I've got three young kids which might have something to do with that...