On an entirely different note...How many extra pounds are you carrying in front....My experience in this matter is that ones stomach muscles also play a key role in freeing one up from back issues..So never mind the corn dogs and loose some pounds...NO JOKE.. NO PUT DOWN ...JUST FACTS. How many of you bad back guyz have been told by your doctor...."you could stand to loose a few pounds"..But instead you sit around,,lay around oh my back ..oh my back..LIKE your are totally helpless...but always make it to the dinner table... never experience those missed meal cramps......I say this to you with all due respect.. but in the end its your life and your decisions ..Remember this when you draw back that refridgerator door and pull out those beers and cakes and sweet rolls..Or pull into the burger joint and SUPERSIZE IT..
This is not necessarily true. I know some people who are in the best shape of their lives and still live with back pain I also know some who could stand to lose a few pounds and also live with back pain. Iknowa few people who need to lose alot of weight and have never ever had as much as a sore back much lessextreme pain.
While you are correct by saying your stomach muscles play a big role in torso stabilization it does nothing for back pain "flare ups" This is usually caused by inflamatin or damage of back muscles that allow the disc to move slightly and thus putting pressure against the nerve. This is when you feel the "shooting pains" down your legs. Those who have suffered from accidents or in my case football injuries have damaged those small muscle groups that hold the discs inline in the vertebrate.
It only takes a wrong move to strain those muscles causing severe pain. If you are talking cronic
aching lower back painthen yes lose some pounds from the front and you will feel much better, but if you have
disc problems, losing pounds will help but it's no way near the cause of the problem nor the cure for that matter.
You need to strengthen those muscles but more importantly you need to stop the inflamation in those muscle groups and in the pockets surrounding the spine and discs. This is why cortisone shots help because it does just that. Physical therapy is also a great way toboth releive and strengthen those muscles. If you haven't damaged the muscles or discs too bad then you can relieve the pain, but if you are badley damaged then you may need an operation.
I hope you can get your back pain under control, there is nothing worse. I just had both my right and left knees operated on in the last month 7-25-05 and 8-29-05 and I would go through 10 more rather than have disc pain. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
You can have an active lifeandyes even bowhunt but you need to do something about your back or it will just get worse. I wish you the best.