Participants who engaged in this activity went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain compared to those who did not.
Scientists have uncovered a simple and accessible intervention for lower back pain which they hope will support the more than 600 million people around the world who suffer with this condition.Chronic and short-term pain in the lower back can affect anyone and is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Repeated episodes are very common, with 70 percent of those who recover from one seeing a recurrence within a year.
'The intervention group had fewer occurrences of activity limiting pain compared to the control group, and a longer average period before they had a recurrence, with a median of 208 days compared to 112 days,' Hancock said.In other words, participants went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly compared to those who did not.
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