I tried these 10 physical therapist-approved stretches to ease back pain — these are the exercises that actually made a difference

Woman performing child pose kneeling with arms outstretched stretching.

Back pain was something I never struggled with until I started working from home permanently. The year was 2019, I had just left my full-time writing role to go self-employed, and then horror struck: a pain in my lower back.

I blamed my less-than-ideal desk set-up, poor posture, and hours spent tapping away behind my screen without moving. Fast forward five years and while the pain in my back is nowhere near as bad as it once was, it still lingers every now and then.