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1 Sports like gymnastics and rowing that require athletes to bend backward a lot can also cause back injuries.  Discs that have degenerated (broken down) over time and degenerative arthritis of the spine bones (vertebrae) are the most common causes of chronic low back pain.
First of all, in most forward bends the goal can be to tilt your pelvis forwards. If one or both legs is straight while you do this then you stretch the hamstrings of the straight leg(s). If one or both knees are bent then when you tilt your pelvis forwards you are working in some way on opening the back of the hip joint.