For this, the best lower back pain exercise may be an activity/ies that promote strength and flexibility on parts such as stomach, highs, hips and especially the back. Though cardiovascular exercises may add to your overall strength, it is still ideal for you to incorporate exercises such as the following: Leg raising for hip and stomach muscles strength Leg raising that intensifies hip and back muscle strength Wall sliding for promoting back, leg and hip muscles Partial sit-ups for strengthening stomach muscles Back leg swing for promoting back and hip muscles Flexibility exercises and stretches In case you have not done any of the routines stated above or you have issues that may affect or may be affected with such activities, it is best to seek medical and professional help. For obvious reasons, females are more susceptible to this cause as compared with the male population, recent studies support the statistics that the number of upper back pin causes is more prevalent in females in as much as four times than that of male. The causes of upper back pain vary from person to person and sometimes even gender to gender. This often goes a long way with the compensation of the worker since the efficiency of works may be impeded. Based on the information stated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, lower back pain causes more damage on employees as compared with any other physical disorders. Lower back pain is more often focused on the lumbar section of the spine and appears in two forms: acute and chronic. Narcotic Pain Medications Narcotic medications may be both addictive and dangerous but they are rather effective against pain. It is important that the person using narcotic pain medications is under strict supervision. Muscle Relaxers Muscle relaxing medications may be very effective in treating the symptoms of back pain through relieving muscle spasm. It may be stimulated by the trigger points in the muscles at the back. These trigger points include erector spinae, infraspinatus, latissimus dorsi and multifidi, rhomboids, serratus posterior inferior, serratus posterior superior, subscapularis, and trapezius. That long list of Latin terms may have complicated things for you but it will get even more complicated when the actual location of pain is displaced in the upper back and especially in the middle back. For pregnant women, they may experience either one of the two types of back pain or a combination of both: lumbar pain (lower back pain) and posterior pelvic pain. Both pains are experienced at the lower back bone but may be different from that of the labor pain (which is also felt at the lower back).