If you find your back stiff from sitting all day or if you experience lower back pain from physically-demanding labor, you may benefit from a ball massage. A self-massage using a firm fist-size ball, such as a tennis ball or a lacrosse ball, maybe the most appropriate choice. If used right, it can help you to alleviate problems associated with overworked muscles, release tension and rejuvenate muscle tissue by stimulating an increase of blood flow and supply of oxygen and nutrients to the areas of the body being massaged.

Massage balls can easily fit in a backpack or even a purse. You can take them with you to work, or anywhere you go and pull them out whenever you feel the onsetting problem. This is especially important when you have a chronic issue. Routine massages may help you to prevent relapses, but you must be able to perform them regularly. That is why nothing can beat the convenience of the pocket-sized solution for such an inconvenient and at times intolerable problem as the back pain.