text: i have been having lower lumbar pain for about 3 months. what is a good way to help me ease my pain? i get so stiff when i wake up i have to struggle to get up and it hurts for a long while after i am up. i don't like pills but if it comes to that i will take them. sometimes this pain is caused by the connective tissue, which because of aging has become less pliable. stretching morning and night will help this. yoga is the ultimate cure.   sometimes the pain is caused by spinal injury or arthritis, a much more serious problem. the cure here is to build up the deeo "core" muscles, both abdomen and back, which stabilize spinal movement. get the book spinal stabilzation, by rick jemmett.