2. THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN
WILL FIND THAT STAYING ACTIVE
IS A GOOD WAY TO MINIMIZE DISCOMFORT.
3. RESEARCH SHOWS
THAT PEOPLE
WHOM EXPERIENCED
BACK PAIN YET
STAYED ACTIVE
RECOVERED FASTER
THAN THOSE WHOM
DID NOT STAY ACTIVE.
4. THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS
TO STAY ACTIVE
WHEN TRYING TO
MINIMIZE BACK PAIN,
SUCH AS WALKING,
BIKING, JOGGING,
SWIMMING, AND
MANY OTHERS.
5. NUMEROUS STUDIES
HAVE REVEALED THAT
ACTIVE PATIENTS
TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE
LESS BACK PAIN AND
AVOID SIDE-EFFECTS
OF IMMOBILITY BY
STAYING ACTIVE ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
6. ACCORDING TO
JOEL PRESS, M.D.,
THERE IS NOT MUCH
BENEFIT TO BED REST
FOR THOSE WHO
SUFFER FROM
CHRONIC
BACK PAIN.
7. TWO IDENTICAL STUDIES WITH A
DIFFERENT POPULATION FOUND THAT
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY
GREATER IMPROVEMENTS IN OVERALL
FUNCTIONALITY IN THE GROUP THAT
STAYED ACTIVE VERSUS THE
INACTIVE GROUP.