Compression occurs anytime we sit and the low back is not supported by the chair you sit in. Were you to sit that way for very long, you might feel an obvious dull achy pain in the lumbar or even in the neck. There are three spinal curves: the neck, upper mid-thoracic and lumbar.

The five best exercises for a wide back are the pull-up, pulldown, pullover, barbell row, and lawnmower row.

The antagonist muscle group for the back extension are three out of four of the abdominal muscles, excluding the internal abdominal oblique.

A tight lower back could be a signal that something's missing in your running routine. It can be a precursor to inflammation and most likely pain.

Exercising abdominal muscles to the exclusion of other supporting muscles could cause an imbalance that could just lead to more pain.

Lose weight all over to slim your back and arms. Specific exercises won't burn the fat, but will create muscle tone in your trouble zones.

Lower back exercises involve either arching the back or preventing it from rounding. Deadlift, supermans, and back extensions are all appropriate exercises.

The back bridge is an advanced body-weight exercise that builds strength, and develops and improves flexibility. It’s most commonly found in yoga workouts, although most people have to practice and train before they can complete the exercise correctly.

Low back surgery can make daily activities quite difficult. However, exercises will improve strength and flexibility to get you back to the activities you love.

If your gym doesn't have a lat pulldown machine, don't sweat it. You can tone your lats with several other exercises.

If you store fat on your back, it can be hard to lose. Kick up your workout routine to become a fat-burning machine.

A few maneuvers can help you get through unpleasant upper back knots, which occur when upper back muscles go into spasm.