Chopping wood is great exercise! A tree came down in our back yard and I’m ripped from chopping it up. And here’s the great part: I have had a very bad back, lots of time spent with doctors, physical therapists, etc. Between the horseback riding and the wood-chopping I’m not having any problems anymore.
Are you actually chopping or using a chain saw?
I heat my house with wood. I cut, hand-split and stack 6+ cords of wood every year.
This sounds weird but if my back goes out, there are two things I can count on to make it better. One is about three hours of wood splitting. The other is push mowing. I can’t explain it and it hurts like the dickens when I start but the pain just makes me mad and by the time I am done, I feel better.
My theory is the only thing that can make your back feel normal is to kick it’s but and make it happy that you’re not making it mow or split wood.