Lower back pain update post 2013
You may have previously read my article on lower back pain back in 2013 but like all things ‘Physio’, the research keeps coming. So I thought that this subject needed an updated article based on the most recent evidence out there. So what I have done is only looked at research published from 2013 to now. Causes: Weight: How many of you have been to the G.P. and they said if you lose weight it will help your back pain? Well the research has found that a relationship between back pain & weight doesn’t exist (Woolner & Dean 2013). Muscle imbalance: Muscle imbalance relates to muscle that work together being unbalanced meaning some are weak, some are tight some are long etc. Arbanas et al (2013) found that there is an increased activity of the Psoas Major muscle (hip flexor) in Lower Back pain patients. But is this Cause or effect or both? Bending too much? How many people have been told this? I probably have told this to patients in the past
