since this article has jumped up I thought I might mention that I found core strength exercises to be very helpful in resolving my lower back soreness which would flare up massively after playing squash.

I had been doing physio prescribed stretches for more than 6 weeks with little improvement (squash would always set things back), but a week of various holds for core strength and things are much better. I'm not completely cured, but I can play without getting sore, not to mention pick things up and put pants on without pain

I highly recommend core strength.

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hamburgl - here is a link describing psoas which is what you are on about.. I concur squash players do suffer from this tightness with all the low movement, twisting and bending required to get down into the corners to retrieve the ball.

Oops I see you had a link in your original post, so I will go highlight it.

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Backs are bad. My last 3 matches have been effected by a stiff back. It really takes away your speed and buggers up court movement.

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I hate to say this but psoas is in the back, runs from lumbar vertebrae to the lesser trochanter of femur, interestingly it shadow can allegedly be seen on xray and you can get nasty infective abscesses track down it.  The article you link to is good but the exercise it shows at the bottom is clearly a lower back strech.  everyone should be aware of the importance of posture, as i am now finding out, poor neck posture   is involved in causing my headaches!

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Back soreness is often not due to tight muscles in the back. Therefore that stretch pictured above will have no lasting effects. Most often, lower back pain is due to tight psoas muscles in your front/abdomen. Very common due to sitting at a desk, overusing stomach muscles. Other times it can be due to upper back/neck issues. Stretch your front!

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