Strength training can do more for you than getting you to pick up heavy things. Research indicates that strength training is safe for people with low back pain. It also confers benefits such as lessening behavioral, cognitive and disability aspects of back pain syndromes. Are you taking care of your back?

Exercise as a treatment for chronic low back pain

Exercise is safe for individuals with back pain, because it does not increase the risk of future back injuries or work absence. Substantial evidence exists supporting the use of exercise as a therapeutic tool to improve impairments in back flexibility and strength. Most studies have observed improvements in global pain ratings after exercise programs, and many have observed that exercise can lessen the behavioral, cognitive, affect and disability aspects of back pain syndromes.

For the next article in the series, go to https://www.modernsamurai.info/pas20230919/

Further Reading

Rainville, James et al. “Exercise as a treatment for chronic low back pain” The Spine Journal, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 106-115, 2004. https://www.thespinejournalonline.com/article/S1529-9430(03)00174-8/fulltext