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If you don't have bulging discs or other severe pathology, the easiest way to fix your back is to train the posterior chain via low bar barbell squats. Start light, work slowly up to your body weight, you don't have to go much further, but you can if you want to. Most men should be able to handle at least 1.5x their lean body mass after a couple of years of very mild training, added by balanced nutrition. Train 3x a week. Your back problems will resolve in a month. Most people's back problems are caused by atrophy of back stabilizer muscles, which, in turn, is caused by not using them and sitting hunched over at their desk all day.

Doctors will _never_ advise this, but it works. I couldn't even bend over without any weight, and had to lie down on the floor in the office sometimes it was so bad. I also had RSI in my wrists to the point I couldn't sleep some nights. After I started training with a barbell it all went away never to return. I know 4 people who followed my advice and did the same thing, and their back problems resolved as well. Best of all, you don't have to do it all the time, once you develop quality musculature there, the effect lasts for years with little upkeep. Although you should keep it in shape, of course - it's better for you, and increased muscle mass is good for weight loss, too (a lot of people think they have back problems, but they really have a huge chunk of fat hanging on the front of their body and it's pulling on their back and destroying their knees, too).