BACK PAIN
Back pain feels local, but the signal often starts below the spine.
Back pain can feel like a spine problem, but the spine is usually reacting to the whole chain. Feet that collapse, ankles that stop moving, hips that tilt forward, a quiet core, and rounded shoulders can all ask the back to do work it was never meant to own.
From the Feet Up treats back pain as a signal. The goal is not to ignore pain or promise a cure. The goal is to ask what position, tension, weakness, or compensation keeps feeding the same pattern.
If the feet are compressed or the big toe is asleep, the arch, ankle, knee, hip, and pelvis all lose clean information from the ground. The back then becomes the place where those missing signals show up.
A forward-tilted pelvis can keep the low back compressed. Sitting, tight hip flexors, a locked psoas, quiet glutes, and weak deep core engagement all make the back carry tension.
Back pain is common, but it should not be casually accepted as the price of getting older. Sharp, severe, persistent, worsening, numb, or unstable pain deserves medical attention.
Body alignment work can help people understand why back pain may be connected to tight hips, weak feet, a quiet core, psoas tension, or shoulder position. It is educational and not a diagnosis or treatment plan.
Start with the foundation: shoes, foot pressure, big toe engagement, ankle mobility, hip mobility, and core awareness. If the pain is sharp, severe, persistent, worsening, or neurological, get medical help.