Here's another good reason to be active
When you have lower back pain, you may not want to leave your bed—but the best way to get some relief is actually to get moving, according to new research.
The new study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analyzed previous studies of treatment methods for lower back pain, which hits about 80% of people at some point in their life. The researchers concluded that based on the evidence available, exercise in combination with education (for example, information about lower back pain, posture or exercise ) was likely to lower the risk of lower back pain. While exercise alone was also found to be effective, the researchers say it’s unclear whether these effects would last beyond a year
“This finding raises the important issue that, for exercise to remain protective against future [lower back pain], it is likely that ongoing exercise is required,” the study authors write.
