Most couples in which one or the other is restricted by back pain will eventually get around to realizing that back pain does not automatically mean no more sex. You need not fear that sex may inflict permanent damage to your back. In most cases of sexual impairment due to back pain the problems are essentially psychological. This does not mean, however, that back pain does not impair sexual activity.
Your symptoms may change over time so you may need to work with your health care provider from time to time as you go through the many stages of recovery. If health and fitness aren't enough to get you to exercise, how about improving your sex life. Exercise, along with a healthy diet and adequate sleep can boost your libido so you're up for anything. By keeping yourself healthy, confronting problems calmly and talking openly with your partner, you can improve your chances of having a long healthy sex life.
If you find yourself living alone, masturbation can be part of a normal, healthy sex life. Keeping your pelvic floor muscles healthy and strong can not only enhance sex, but help your back at the same time. Pauline Chiarelli, physiotherapist, continence advisor, professor, and author of Women's Waterworks: Curing Incontinence, there are steps you can take to develop a strong, healthy set of pelvic floor muscles that can be maintained for a lifetime.
Other positions that may be helpful for a woman is to sit straddling the man with her back arched inward and her shoulders back a little. Try not to prolong stressful positions or movements. Standing, kneeling, curled up in a fetal position, sitting with our legs spread open, with our legs crossed, squatting, etc…
Most of the time, people who live with pain and chronic conditions (whether it’s chronic back pain, asthma, arthritis, or a broken arm that won’t heal for 8 weeks) can still find sex positions that will work for them and won’t increase their pain. Think about positions that you like when you aren’t having sex. How are you most comfortable, and what physical positions and postures make you feel sexy, or strong, or submissive. To understand what positions are safe and work well you need to do little experimentation.
Varying the sexual positions that you use can help too, especially if pain from arthritis or other condition interferes with sex. For a woman with this kind of back pain, comfortable positions may include the missionary position with her legs bent toward her chest. A person with Extension Principle back pains will want to use positions that support the arching of the lower back.
Glen Wood - The Yoga Teacher. Glen is a yoga expert who loves to teach you how to lose your neck, shoulder or back pain with yoga. He is dedicated to unlocking the Real Secrets of Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain.
