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Walking brings huge benefits for low back pain, study finds
Medical Xpress / Macquarie University / The Lancet ^ | June 19, 2024 | Dr. Natasha Pocovi et al

Posted on 06/23/2024 8:17:34 AM PDT by ConservativeMind

Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, a new study has found.

Repeated episodes of low back pain are very common, with seven in 10 people who recover from an episode going on to have a recurrence within a year.

Current best practice for back pain management and prevention suggests the combination of exercise and education. However, some forms of exercise are not accessible or affordable to many people due to their high cost, complexity, and need for supervision.

A clinical trial looked at whether walking could be an effective, cost-effective and accessible intervention. The trial followed 701 adults who had recently recovered from an episode of low back pain, randomly allocating participants to either an individualized walking program and six physiotherapist-guided education sessions over six months, or to a control group.

Researchers followed the participants for between one and three years, depending on when they joined.

Mark Hancock, says the findings could have a profound impact on how low back pain is managed.

"The intervention group had fewer occurrences of activity limiting pain compared to the control group, and a longer average period before they had a recurrence, with a median of 208 days compared to 112 days," Professor Hancock says.

"We don't know exactly why walking is so good for preventing back pain, but it is likely to include the combination of the gentle oscillatory movements, loading and strengthening the spinal structures and muscles, relaxation and stress relief, and release of 'feel-good' endorphins. And of course, we also know that walking comes with many other health benefits, including cardiovascular health, bone density, healthy weight, and improved mental health."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: backpain; lowerbackpain; walking
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You can have half the recurrence of back pain, just by regularly walking.
1 posted on 06/23/2024 8:17:34 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 06/23/2024 8:18:05 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

This is exactly what cured my years of lower back pain and spasms.


3 posted on 06/23/2024 8:21:26 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If you don't vote, you are part of the rigging.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Isn’t the usual prescription for pain to sit in one place all day while complaining about how much it hurts?


4 posted on 06/23/2024 9:05:35 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: ConservativeMind

Walking about 5 miles a day will typically do you a world of good. And it’s as easy as walking.

Running is a back killer... I knew a kid who ran daily when he was a teen... By the time he was in his 20s he needed back operations to fix the damage done.

Jim Fixx wrote the ‘Complete Book of Running’... What he didn’t tell you is how much damage it would do to your back, and in the end he died aged 52 from a heart attack. All the running and walking in the world can’t help you with the bad genes that you’ve inherited. His father died of a heart attack too.


5 posted on 06/23/2024 9:07:10 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: eclecticEel

Isn’t the usual prescription for pain to sit in one place all day while complaining about how much it hurts?


Doctor, it hurts when I do this.

Well don’t do that.


6 posted on 06/23/2024 9:08:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Bicycling does too without nearly as much stress on the hips and knees. Both are good for maintaining balance but I think bicycling is better.


7 posted on 06/23/2024 9:13:44 AM PDT by Boomer (If the Nazi-Rats and Rinos win, everyone loses. The Uniparty can no longer claim they are American.)
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To: ConservativeMind

When it’s painful to get out of Bed
Walking ain’t helping. Need something to strengthen or Stretch.
Doctor said no Chiropractor they may hurt something——and I’m CRIPPLED!?!
.
Strained Muscles Or damaged Disc still about two months to heal. Doctors ain’t writing scrips like they used to...
They Fauxi fans?


8 posted on 06/23/2024 9:23:16 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: jerod
5 miles a day....!!

I manage about one and a half miles a day.....but I am 85.

Must try to do more.....

9 posted on 06/23/2024 9:27:38 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: PeterPrinciple

How can you tell me what 1/2 my pain is when you cant quantify my max pain when I am in pain in front of you?

I walked every step I could for the last 2 decades. The study wasnt a year long.

Brand new hip a week ago and the pain I have been complaining about is 90% gone.

Its helping me figure out which idiot out there is helping me and which one is blowing smoke. This is most important.


10 posted on 06/23/2024 9:33:15 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: jerod

Running also produces cortisol, which is bad for the heart.


11 posted on 06/23/2024 9:35:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Big Red Badger

“Doctor said no Chiropractor they may hurt something——and I’m CRIPPLED!?!”

I have learned to not ever tell a doctor I go to a chiropractor. They very biased against chiropractors, for some reason.

Find a good chiropractor. They are just like doctors; some good, others not.

I personally would not go to one who constantly advertises.


12 posted on 06/23/2024 9:39:47 AM PDT by odawg
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To: ConservativeMind

I’ve found that standing still for an extended period aggravates my low back pain. Walking does not.


13 posted on 06/23/2024 9:45:34 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake election, fake president, real tyranny.)
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To: Delta 21

How can you tell me what 1/2 my pain is when you cant quantify my max pain when I am in pain in front of you?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWcZShT4cI


14 posted on 06/23/2024 9:56:04 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Most people with back pain can’t walk 10 steps without experiencing excruciating back pain — to which these “experts” will say, “That’s your problem — you need to walk 10,000 steps per day.”

Naturally their clients will say, “Just let me die.”


15 posted on 06/23/2024 10:01:39 AM PDT by MikeHu
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To: ConservativeMind

I have found simple core-strengthening exercises help immensely

start very slow/light and work up gradually.


16 posted on 06/23/2024 10:08:02 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ConservativeMind

Most of my back pain is caused when I walk my dog on a leash and he decides to chase a rabbit and drag me along....

Lol.


17 posted on 06/23/2024 10:19:02 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: ConservativeMind

Core strength and lower back stretches work for me.


18 posted on 06/23/2024 11:42:20 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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That’s the answer.


19 posted on 06/23/2024 11:46:13 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ConservativeMind

I started walking after easily throwing out my back while doing yard work (I’m 62). Walk the dog a mile and a half and then get on the treadmill for another 2.5 miles about 4/5 times a week and I haven’t thrown out my back since.


20 posted on 06/23/2024 1:16:42 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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