Effects of Training for Your Back
Many people who have lower back pain avoid exercise and training for fear of making the injury worse but is that wise? Recent research suggests that this is not the case.
Benefits of exercise.
To help assess the effects on lower back pain of various types of exercise and training, researchers compared three different groups, each performing different workouts active physiotherapy, muscle conditioning and low-impact aerobics. What they found was that all three groups improved to the same degree in terms of pain relief, pain frequency and ability to perform daily tasks. The conclusion? Inactivity is the problem, exercise the cure.
Precauations.
Of course, if you experience sudden and severe back pain (acute) you should not exercise, but once you are over the first few days, and provided your doctor clears you to exercise, then exercising may be the best thing you can to reduce your pain and increase your level of daily functioning.
There are various approaches that are used to attempt to help those with lumbar pain, including:
- low-impact Aerobic Exercises.
- Yoga, tai chi, Pilates
- Flexibility Exercises
- Retraining Deep Muscles
In summary.
Each of these has their adherents, those who believe this to be the best way to deal with this issue, but as we have seen, it may simply be that any activity produces positive results.
