08/01/2026
Strengthening your core isn’t fixing your back pain because it’s not a strength issue. It’s more likely a timing issue, a co-ordination issue.
Let me explain.
Especially if you’re someone who lifts weights and trains in some sort of capacity, it’s even less likely to be a strength issue.
Your core muscles like to engage in a certain sequence to make sure that all your important structures - like your spine - are protected during movement.
If this sequencing is off for whatever reason, then some areas have to work harder than others and over time this can create an imbalance in effort from the muscles, putting the back at risk of injury.
So if all you’re doing is trying to strengthen your core muscles and it’s not working, you’re doing the equivalent of trying to stick a square peg down a round hole - no matter how hard or how much you try, you’re getting nowhere.
Now, you can sort out this co-ordination issue, and if you want to break out of the back pain that has been holding you back for so long, drop the word ‘CORE’ in the comments below and I’ll DM you about solving it once and for all.
