Plank holds are supposed to be simple, right? You just drop to the floor, brace your core, and hold still. But for many of us, they’re anything but simple when back pain creeps in. I’ve been there too—thinking I was crushing my plank game, only to realize my lower back was silently screaming. It turns…
If you’re anything like I was, sitting for hours a day hunched over a laptop or slouching on the couch binging Netflix, you’ve probably felt that deep ache settle into your lower back. I brushed it off for months, chalking it up to “just bad posture” until one day, I could barely tie my shoes…
For the longest time, I didn’t think much about my shoes beyond how they looked. Sneakers were for comfort, dress shoes for style, sandals for summer—but back pain? That connection never even crossed my mind. Until it did. A few years ago, I was dealing with persistent lower back pain that seemed to appear out…