What are the best exercises for someone (54 year old male) with low back pain, knee pain
What are the best strength exercises for someone (54 year old male) with low back pain and knee pain? This person is pre-hypertensive and has a BMIi of 39. Wants to lose quite a bit of weight and has never lifted weights before. Any suggestions on some exercises to be prescribed? (legs, core, back….). I don’t want to overwhelm him with too much.. since he has never lifted. How many reps and sets are appropriate for this client?… (8-12, obviously low weight… perhaps 2 sets? Thanks so much!
All of the responses are excellent. I would only add that the best low back exercise I know is the, and I hope I’m not wrongly quoting yoga, cobra. In a prone position, clasp the hands behind the neck, and with no lower body contraction, extend the trunk off the floor. It doesn’t have to be a big movement, maybe only 15-20 degrees of extension.
If he hasn’t already, a visit with his orthopedist to clarify the etiology of his knee pain would be a good idea.