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How Does Recreational Physical Activity Impact Low Back Pain and Related Disability?

In 2005, Hurwitz, et. al., conducted study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), researchers have shed light on the effects of recreational physical activity and back exercises on low back pain and psychological distress. The study, known as the UCLA Low Back Pain Study, aimed to determine the impact of these interventions among patients receiving chiropractic or medical care within a managed care … Continue reading How Does Recreational Physical Activity Impact Low Back Pain and Related Disability?

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Discogenic back pain: part 2

Some discogenic pains cannot be cured. The following low back pain subgroups have been proposed: Mechanically reducible discogenic back pain is defined as pain that responds to mechanical loading methods. However, patients who are insensitive to mechanical loading procedures are referred to as having nonreducible discogenic back pain. Non-reducible discogenic pain (NRDP) is classified as follows: some ruptured outer annulus wall with or without radiculopathy. … Continue reading Discogenic back pain: part 2

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What is neurodynamics? The very minimum you should understand.

Since the 1970s, when these procedures were first introduced, the treatment of neural tissue has remained a common component of diagnostics and treatment in manual physiotherapy (Elvey 1979; Butler 1991, 2000; Shacklock 1995, 2005; Hall & Elvey 1999). Theoretically, neurodynamics is just another name for neural mobilisation or neural mobilisation combined with certain additional neurosciences, according to some therapists. Moving neural tissues is just one … Continue reading What is neurodynamics? The very minimum you should understand.

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Problems with back pain: Natural history and disability.

Prevalence rates grew by 17% globally between 2005 and 2015 (Hurwitz 2018). A first episode of low back pain occurring within a year is estimated to occur between 6.3% and 15.4% of the time, with estimates for the incidence of any episode occurring within a year as high as 36%. In the general population, low back pain is thought to affect 23.2% of people within … Continue reading Problems with back pain: Natural history and disability.

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Role of MRI in spine physical therapy practice: An updated evidence.

This blog summarise the most recent evidence on the association between several MRI picture characteristics and low back pain (LBP). Recent data on the use of MRI in spine physical therapy is based on a study done by JW van der Graaf et al, 2023: In an MRI, there are a variety of different characteristics that could be related to LBP. In contrast, a number … Continue reading Role of MRI in spine physical therapy practice: An updated evidence.

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