How important is exercise in preventing low back injury?
The key to preventing lower back injury and pain (LBP), whether work-related or not, is physical conditioning. “Getting into shape” involves the overall conditioning of the body and the cardiovascular system. Aerobic exercise plus the exercising of the core muscles (those of the spine and the abdomen that are responsible for stabilizing the spine), are both critical for developing healthy and pain-free backs. What kinds of exercises are most effective for preventing low back injury? Traditional beliefs among exercise practitioners and even rehabilitation professionals that strong back and abdominal muscles alone protect the back and reduce LBP episodes have never been validated by research or experience. It’s time to debunk that myth. Mobility and flexibility of the lumbar region seems to be another fallacy. However, that doesn’t mean that strong and supple back muscles, if you have them, are a bad thing. Nevertheless, developing them by using exercises that are conventionally prescrib
