How bad is bed rest for your back?
So bad that it can make a healthy back go bad! Yet surprisingly, many general practitioners, and even the APTA's own website prescribe exactly this for an onset of low back pain.
The study I'm linking to had healthy subjects spend weeks in bed. After only 14 days, these otherwise healthy people had serious muscle deficiencies consistent with what is seen with back pain. Keep those backs moving!
Labels: back pain, physical therapy
So bad that it can make a healthy back go bad! Yet surprisingly, many general practitioners, and even the APTA's own website prescribe exactly this for an onset of low back pain.
The study I'm linking to had healthy subjects spend weeks in bed. After only 14 days, these otherwise healthy people had serious muscle deficiencies consistent with what is seen with back pain. Keep those backs moving!
Labels: back pain, physical therapy