Back pain is a major cause of disability in the UK. There are a wide variety of treatments available for back pain and there has been a growing interest in working out what is the most effective treatment. New research from the University of Alberta and University of Regina has suggested that weight training is more effective to ease lower back pain than other forms of exercise such as jogging. In the study, chronic back pain sufferers were assigned to a 16 week period of aerobic training (walking on a treadmill/jogging) or resistance training (lifting dumbbells, barbells and other load-bearing exercise equipment). Interestingly, the aerobic training group experienced a 12% improvement in pain and function levels, whilst the resistance training group had a 60% improvement.
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