{"id":25298,"date":"2019-09-27T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T11:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=25298"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:16:20","slug":"best-sex-positions-when-you-have-a-bad-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/best-sex-positions-when-you-have-a-bad-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Sex Positions When You Have A Bad Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019d forgive you if you believed that spooning was the best sex position when you have a bad back. After all, spooning leads to forking, am I right? Am I right? I\u2019ll see myself out.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a common problem though, with around 84% of men and 73% of women who suffer from lower back pain say that it results in a significant decrease in the frequency of sex. Family doctors report being that they\u2019re frequently asked by couples about how to manage back pain during sex, and often they avoid sex for fear of the discomfort they know it will bring them. There\u2019s no clear solution: painkillers might alleviate the pain but it doesn\u2019t fix the problem, and they can also cause sexual problems, such as low desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

10 couples volunteered to have sex while wearing motion capture devices along their spines, like those used to create realistic human movement in video games, and used the findings to develop a set of recommendations for positions and techniques that ease the suffering. Possibly the best use of mocap technology ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Are The Recommendations?<\/h2>\n

There are 3 types of back pain that affect sex:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n