Only Exercise Effective In Preventing Low-back Problems, Review Suggests
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence. But a systematic review of the literature finds exercise in workplace and community settings effective in preventing new episodes of low-back problems. Passive interventions such as lumbar belts and shoe inserts do not appear to work, according to the researchers.