Since my back flare up, I have been doing a lot of thinking about lower back pain.
I got thinking about what was the most important thing that helped me overcome my back pain in three days.
==> #1 Exercise to Overcome Lower Back Pain
That is it. Have a great weekend.
Rick Kaselj, MS
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Showing posts with label Low Back Pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Low Back Pain. Show all posts
Friday, October 15, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
3 Tips to Eliminating Bootcamp Back Pain
Bootcamps are great.--------------------------------------------------
Back pain is not great.
When I ran bootcamps last summer, injuries and pain was a big thing.
I was always having to modify exercises or provide alternate exercises for bootcampers with a previous injury or pain.
I wanted to share a few tips on back pain and bootcamp exercises.
==> Bootcamp Back Pain Exercises
Enjoy the blog post and let me know what you think by leaving a comment.
==> Boot camp Back Pain Exercises
Talk to you soon.
Rick Kaselj, MS
Rick Kaselj – rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com
Registered Kinesiologist Specializing in Injury Rehabilitation
Surrey, BC, Canada
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Heavy Kids Backpacks Bad for Kid's Backs
Heavily loaded backpacks can lead to lumbar spine asymmetry during loading
Researchers reported that 8-kg backpacks led to disc compression and up to a 10° change in Cobb’s angle.
By Susan M. Rapp1st on the web (December 31, 2008)
TORONTO — Investigators who conducted the first study using MRI to assess how lumbar disc height is affected when subjects wear heavy backpacks found that caudal intervertebral discs compressed the most relative to typical school backpack loads.
“Lumbar asymmetry was a new and unexpected finding of this study,” said Timothy Neuschwander, MD, of San Diego. The study subjects — three boys and five girls with a mean age of 11 years — had normal Cobb angles when not wearing backpacks, but those angles increased to almost 10° when they wore backpacks weighing 8 kg.
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Researchers reported that 8-kg backpacks led to disc compression and up to a 10° change in Cobb’s angle.
By Susan M. Rapp1st on the web (December 31, 2008)
TORONTO — Investigators who conducted the first study using MRI to assess how lumbar disc height is affected when subjects wear heavy backpacks found that caudal intervertebral discs compressed the most relative to typical school backpack loads.
“Lumbar asymmetry was a new and unexpected finding of this study,” said Timothy Neuschwander, MD, of San Diego. The study subjects — three boys and five girls with a mean age of 11 years — had normal Cobb angles when not wearing backpacks, but those angles increased to almost 10° when they wore backpacks weighing 8 kg.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Fitness & Rehab Newsletter #75 - Low Back Pain with Squatting Video
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Fitness & Rehabilitation Newsletter
by Rick Kaselj of http://www.healingthroughmovement.com/
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Hello, issue #75.
This year has been the 5th year for the Fitness & Rehab Newsletter and today it has hit issue #75.
In 2009, there will be more things to celebrate:
- Fitness & Rehab Blog will be 2 years old - http://healingthroughmovement.blogspot.com/
- Fitness & Rehab Blog will shatter the 300 post mark
- It will be my 10th year presenting fitness & rehabilitation courses
- Hopefully the Fitness & Rehab Newsletter will hit #100
Thank you to everyone for reading and supporting Healing Through Movement.
Enjoy this week’s newsletter.
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Low Back Pain with Squatting
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I have been getting questions about exercise and injuries from around the world. I got an e-mail from Dallas whose from St. Louis, Missouri. Dallas is personal trainer that has a client that has low back pain when he does any squatting movements.
== > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGe0FkNPRvU
Since the last video was so popular, I have tweaked things a bit and improved the video.
To learn about how to design and exercise program for a client with low back pain when squatting:
== > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGe0FkNPRvU
Take care.
- Rick
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Little Arthritis in the Facet Joints
Facet Joint Osteoarthritis and Low Back Pain in the Community-Based
Population
November 7, 2008 - Medscape Today - Leonid Kalichman and etc.
To evaluate the association between lumbar spine facet joint osteoarthritis
(FJ OA) identified by multidetector computed tomography (CT) and low back
pain (LBP) in the community-based Framingham Heart Study
Results: CT imaging revealed a high prevalence of FJ OA (59.6% of males and
66.7% of females). Prevalence of FJ OA increases with age. By decade, FJ OA
was present in 24.0% of <40-years-olds,>70-years-olds. By spinal level the prevalence of FJ OA was: 15.1% at L2-L3,
30.6% at L3-L4, 45.1% at L4-L5, and 38.2% at L5-S1. In this community-based
population, individuals with FJ OA at any spinal level showed no association
with LBP.
Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of FJ OA in the community. Prevalence
of FJ OA increases with age with the highest prevalence at the L4-L5 spinal
level. At low spinal levels women have a higher prevalence of lumbar FJ OA
than men. In the present study, we failed to find an association between FJ
OA, identified by multidetector CT, at any spinal level and LBP in a
community-based study population.
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Keywords - Arthritis, Low Back Pain,
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Registered Kinesiologist Specializing in Injury Rehabilitation
Surrey, BC, Canada
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Exercise is Good After Back Surgery
Exercise Rehab Appears Useful and Safe After Lumbar Disc Surgery
By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: October 10, 2008
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10 -- After surgery for a prolapsed lumbar disc, exercise appears to be a beneficial part of a rehabilitation program, according to a systematic review of the literature.
A review of 14 randomized controlled trials showed that performing some type of exercise after surgery was associated with significant improvements in pain and functional capability in the short term, without increasing the risk of another operation, Raymond Ostelo, Ph.D., of VU University Medical Center here, and colleagues reported in a Cochrane Review.
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By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: October 10, 2008
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10 -- After surgery for a prolapsed lumbar disc, exercise appears to be a beneficial part of a rehabilitation program, according to a systematic review of the literature.
A review of 14 randomized controlled trials showed that performing some type of exercise after surgery was associated with significant improvements in pain and functional capability in the short term, without increasing the risk of another operation, Raymond Ostelo, Ph.D., of VU University Medical Center here, and colleagues reported in a Cochrane Review.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
NSAID and Low Back Pain
This is an interesting study commenting on anti-inflammatory drugs and low back pain.
It looks like they are beneficial for the short term.
- Rick Kaselj -
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Low Back Pain: An Updated Cochrane Review
Pepijn D. D. M. Roelofs, MSc;* Rick A. Deyo, PhD;† Bart W. Koes, PhD;* Rob J. P. M. Scholten, PhD;‡ Maurits W. van Tulder, PhD
Spine. 2008;33(16):1766-1774. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Abstract
Study Design. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Objectives. To assess the effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and COX-2 inhibitors in the treatment of nonspecific low back pain and to assess which type of NSAID is most effective.
Summary of Background Data. NSAIDs are the most frequently prescribed medications worldwide and are widely used for patients with low back pain. Selective COX-2 inhibitors are currently available and used for patients with low back pain.
Methods. We searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials up to and including June 2007 if reported in English, Dutch, or German. We also screened references given in relevant reviews and identified trials. Randomized trials and double-blind controlled trials of NSAIDs in nonspecific low back pain with or without sciatica were included.Results. In total, 65 trials (total number of patients = 11,237) were included in this review. Twenty-eight trials (42%) were considered high quality. Statistically significant effects were found in favor of NSAIDs compared with placebo, but at the cost of statistically significant more side effects. There is moderate evidence that NSAIDs are not more effective than paracetamol for acute low back pain, but paracetamol had fewer side effects. There is moderate evidence that NSAIDs are not more effective than other drugs for acute low back pain. There is strong evidence that various types of NSAIDs, including COX-2 NSAIDs, are equally effective for acute low back pain. COX-2 NSAIDs had statistically significantly fewer side effects than traditional NSAIDs.
Conclusion. The evidence from the 65 trials included in this review suggests that NSAIDs are effective for short-term symptomatic relief in patients with acute and chronic low back pain without sciatica. However, effect sizes are small. Furthermore, there does not seem to be a specific type of NSAID, which is clearly more effective than others. The selective COX-2 inhibitors showed fewer side effects compared with traditional NSAIDs in the randomized controlled trials included in this review. However, recent studies have shown that COX-2 inhibitors are associated with increased cardiovascular risks in specific patient populations.
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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It looks like they are beneficial for the short term.
- Rick Kaselj -
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Low Back Pain: An Updated Cochrane Review
Pepijn D. D. M. Roelofs, MSc;* Rick A. Deyo, PhD;† Bart W. Koes, PhD;* Rob J. P. M. Scholten, PhD;‡ Maurits W. van Tulder, PhD
Spine. 2008;33(16):1766-1774. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Abstract
Study Design. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Objectives. To assess the effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and COX-2 inhibitors in the treatment of nonspecific low back pain and to assess which type of NSAID is most effective.
Summary of Background Data. NSAIDs are the most frequently prescribed medications worldwide and are widely used for patients with low back pain. Selective COX-2 inhibitors are currently available and used for patients with low back pain.
Methods. We searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials up to and including June 2007 if reported in English, Dutch, or German. We also screened references given in relevant reviews and identified trials. Randomized trials and double-blind controlled trials of NSAIDs in nonspecific low back pain with or without sciatica were included.Results. In total, 65 trials (total number of patients = 11,237) were included in this review. Twenty-eight trials (42%) were considered high quality. Statistically significant effects were found in favor of NSAIDs compared with placebo, but at the cost of statistically significant more side effects. There is moderate evidence that NSAIDs are not more effective than paracetamol for acute low back pain, but paracetamol had fewer side effects. There is moderate evidence that NSAIDs are not more effective than other drugs for acute low back pain. There is strong evidence that various types of NSAIDs, including COX-2 NSAIDs, are equally effective for acute low back pain. COX-2 NSAIDs had statistically significantly fewer side effects than traditional NSAIDs.
Conclusion. The evidence from the 65 trials included in this review suggests that NSAIDs are effective for short-term symptomatic relief in patients with acute and chronic low back pain without sciatica. However, effect sizes are small. Furthermore, there does not seem to be a specific type of NSAID, which is clearly more effective than others. The selective COX-2 inhibitors showed fewer side effects compared with traditional NSAIDs in the randomized controlled trials included in this review. However, recent studies have shown that COX-2 inhibitors are associated with increased cardiovascular risks in specific patient populations.
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Rick Kaselj – rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Surrey, BC, Canada
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Surrey Personal Trainer Reports Posture Training Decrease Low Back Pain
This is a great research summary. It shows that a postural technique of the Alexander Technique can help with low back pain. This is very exciting for clients as the Alexander Technique is something clients can do on their own to decrease their low back pain.
- Rick Kaselj
Alexander Educational Technique May Effectively Reduce Low Back Pain
Medscape Medical News - August 20, 2008 - by Laurie Barclay
An educational technique known as the Alexander technique, along with exercise, is effective vs massage for long-term relief of low back pain, according to the results of a factorial randomized trial reported in the August 20 Online First issue of the BMJ.
"Lessons in the Alexander technique offer an individualised approach designed to develop lifelong skills for self care that help people recognise, understand, and avoid poor habits affecting postural tone and neuromuscular coordination," write Paul Little, from the University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, and colleagues. "Lessons involve continuous personalised assessment of the individual patterns of habitual musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; paying particular attention to release of unwanted head, neck, and spinal muscle tension, guided by verbal instruction and hand contact, allowing decompression of the spine; help and feedback from hand contact and verbal instruction to improve musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; and spending time between lessons practicing and applying the technique."
Keywords - Posture, Alexander Technique, Low Back Pain.
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Rick Kaselj – rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com
Personal Trainer
Surrey, BC, Canada
To learn how to eliminate low back pain in 30 days! - www.CoreStabilityoftheBack.com
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- Rick Kaselj
Alexander Educational Technique May Effectively Reduce Low Back Pain
Medscape Medical News - August 20, 2008 - by Laurie Barclay
An educational technique known as the Alexander technique, along with exercise, is effective vs massage for long-term relief of low back pain, according to the results of a factorial randomized trial reported in the August 20 Online First issue of the BMJ.
"Lessons in the Alexander technique offer an individualised approach designed to develop lifelong skills for self care that help people recognise, understand, and avoid poor habits affecting postural tone and neuromuscular coordination," write Paul Little, from the University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, and colleagues. "Lessons involve continuous personalised assessment of the individual patterns of habitual musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; paying particular attention to release of unwanted head, neck, and spinal muscle tension, guided by verbal instruction and hand contact, allowing decompression of the spine; help and feedback from hand contact and verbal instruction to improve musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; and spending time between lessons practicing and applying the technique."
Keywords - Posture, Alexander Technique, Low Back Pain.
(Read More)
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Rick Kaselj – rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com
Personal Trainer
Surrey, BC, Canada
To learn how to eliminate low back pain in 30 days! - www.CoreStabilityoftheBack.com
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