I’ve Struggled With Back Pain for *Years* - but Experts Say These 6 Gentle Exercises Could Seriously Help

A woman doing some of the best exercises for back pain, stretching her hand behind her back.

I'm turning 28 in a few weeks, which means I've officially been struggling with debilitating back pain for over half of my life.

After a scoliosis and tethered spinal cord diagnosis at the age of 11, my years-long journey with doctors, physiotherapists, and surgeons began. Along the way, I experienced severe muscle spasms, spent months in a wheelchair, and had two surgeries: a fairly small one to untether my spinal cord and relieve the tension in my lower back and hamstrings, and one major operation to install metal rods and correct my spine's curvature.