Lower back pain in your follicular phase
Lower back pain is a dull ache or tightness across the lower back, often alongside cramps. In your follicular phase it tends to flare because estrogen climbs steadily from its low and energy rebuilds, which can bring on lower back pain.
What's happening in your follicular phase
Estrogen is climbing. You feel more energetic, social, and creative, and your body recovers well from harder training.
What to eat
How to move
cat-cow, gentle hip openers, and walking relieve the referred ache.
Quick relief
- Apply heat to the lower back as well as the belly.
- Gentle mobility beats lying completely still.
- Anti-inflammatory food can take the edge off.
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Frequently asked questions
Why do I get lower back pain in my follicular phase?
In your follicular phase, estrogen climbs steadily from its low and energy rebuilds, which can bring on lower back pain.
What should I eat for lower back pain?
Foods that help include ginger, salmon, spinach, walnuts.