Stretching and strengthening exercises help relieve chronic low back pain and improve function than other types of therapy.
For low back pain that had persisted for 6 to 12 weeks, there was a small benefit for graded-activity exercise programs, but for acute back pain (less than 6 weeks duration) there appeared to be no overall benefit from exercise therapy.In another study the researchers evaluated 43 trials of 72 exercise treatment groups and 31 comparison groups of patients with chronic low back pain.
This analysis showed that an individually designed, high-dose exercise program delivered through supervised home exercises with regular practitioner follow-up was most effective, with a mean of 18 points in improvement in pain scores and 5.5 points in function scores compared with no treatment.
May 2005
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