Regular walks help prevent recurrence off pain

Back pain: regular walks help prevent recurrence of pain, Australian study finds

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Back pain: regular walks help prevent recurrence of pain, Australian study finds

People who walked 30 minutes daily, five days a week, had less frequent lower back pain.

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According to the study, lower back pain affected 620 million people worldwide in 2020, with an expected expansion to 843 million people by 2050.

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According to the study, lower back pain affected 620 million people worldwide in 2020, with an expected expansion to 843 million people by 2050.

HEALTH - Getting some fresh air wouldn't just do your head good. For all those who suffer from frequent back pain, taking a regular walk would help avoid this pain, according to an Australian study published this Wednesday, June 19 in The Lancet.

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Low back pain, located in the lower back and which most often appears recurrently, is rare. According to the study, they affected 620 million people worldwide in 2020, with an expected expansion to 843 million people by 2050.

In order to find a simple and inexpensive way to relieve this everyday pain, several researchers tested the effectiveness of regular walking. According to them, it is "a low-cost exercise that fits busy lifestyles and is open to most people, regardless of their socio-economic status or geographic location." .

The data analyzed were collected from 701 Australian residents aged 20 to 82 years, who had experienced an episode of low back pain unrelated to a specific analytic in the six months preceding the study, which subsequently resolved. The researchers also note a limitation of the study due to a majority of participants who were female.

According to the study dubbed “WalkBack,” participants each had an average of 33 painful episodes lasting at least 24 hours and impacting their daily life during these six months. None of the people involved walked regularly or followed a specific program to treat this pain before participating in the study.

Less frequent pain for walkers

The study results show that recurrences of lower back pain take longer to appear for people who walk regularly. On average, people who walked regularly had their first recurrence of lower back pain 208 days after the start of the study, compared to 112 days for those who had received no instructions.

The members were separated into two groups to compare the effects of regular walking. The 351 people in the experimental group followed an individualized walking program with a physiotherapist for six months, with the goal of achieving 30 minutes of regular walking, five days a week. Members of this group walked an average of 130 minutes per week over the twelve-week session. According to New Researcher, the program was also tailored “to each individual to help them stick with it,” said Dr. Natasha Pocovi, who participated in the research.

As for the remaining 350 people in the control group, they received no special instructions. Members of both groups, however, had the freedom to adopt additional treatment to relieve their pain if they wished.

After a full three-year follow-up, the differences in results between the two groups allowed the researchers to conclude that the regular walking program “significantly reduced the recurrence of lower back pain.”

For the authors of the study, “encouraging independent management of child activity with the help of health instruction (...) would reduce the prevalence of recurrent lower back pain”.

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