Low Back Pain
For acute low back pain, try strong pressure with a fingernail on Du 26. This point is located midway between the upper lip and the bottom of the nose on the midline of the face. As you massage this point slowly rotate your back. You should feel the muscles loosening.
For chronic low back pain, try the following qigong exercise from Kenneth Cohen’s The Way of Qigong. This exercise opens the Urinary Bladder meridian, the main meridian running through the back. I use this whenever I’ve been sitting too long at a desk or in the car:
Stand with palms resting on your buttocks. As you bend down, exhale and let the hands slide down the backs of the legs, down to the calves, ankles, or as far as you can bend comfortably, exerting a small amount of pressure. Begin to inhale, allowing the palms to move up along the backs of the legs as you resume the straight stance. Continuing to inhale, rise up on your toes. Then rest the feet flat on the floor and repeat.