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Functional Restoration Program Treats Back Pain Issues

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85% of Americans and 78% of South Africans have episodes of back pain.

In the U.S. it is the most common cause of disability in adults, and results in more than 145 million lost workdays per year, at an annual cost of $100 billion to $200 billion. Pain-relieving drugs are the principal treatment, but they are only stopgap methods because they don’t get to the root of the problem. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre in New Hampshire offers a three-week “Functional Restoration Program” that involves exercise, relaxation and behavioural

counselling. Unfortunately, many of the exercises emphasize trunk flexion and extension, which reproduce the mechanism of injury. Research by Canadian bio mechanist Stuart McGill showed that isometric core exercises are superior to traditional dynamic exercise for building the core because they develop stiffness and spinal stability. Core stiffness strengthens core muscles and improves their endurance, reduces low back pain and boosts sports performance. Greater core stiffness transfers strength and speed to the limbs, increases the load-bearing capacity of the spine and protects the internal organs during everyday movements. Isometric exercises for the core resulted in greater core stiffness than performing whole-body dynamic exercises that activated core muscles. His studies on core stiffness are changing the way we train for sport and treat back pain.

(The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2015; Backfitpro.com)

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