I have close to herniated L5 my old pain MD put me on a restriction of no stairs, no bending over, no yoga the list goes on that hurts my lower back. I can do planks which helps my strengthening of neck and back problems, the bridge stretch, and a few other's I do not know the names. They don't help the pain aspect they strengthen to preserve the muscle and bones.

Community acupuncture had relief in really rough times. Now my regimen for comfortable is acupuncture, meds, back brace when needed, walking (no hills)and stretches.