Walking Routine Prevent Back Pain

Often have back pain? Not that we have to reduce the activity and prefer sitting around. The research team from Israel it encourages us to be more actively engaged, among others, on foot.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel to mention, walking is as effective in dealing with back pain as well as muscle stretching exercise.

For the study, the researchers enrolled 52 patients with chronic low back pain. The participants were divided into two groups and asked to perform two types of exercise regime.



The first group did strength training program or weight, and the rest do the walking program. Prior to this study all participants not actively exercising regularly.

Participants from both groups practice two to three times per week. Pedestrian group initially practiced 20 minutes on the treadmill later increased to 40 minutes. At the end of the study, ie, in the sixth week, all participants showed significant reduction in back pain.

Exercise routine that they did also increase walking speed and endurance muscles of the abdomen.

According to Nick Shamie, an orthopedic surgeon and spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, although walking is not targeting specific muscles such as weight training, but the muscles remains formed. That is why all the participants get almost the same results.

According Shamie, walking is an example of a safe aerobic exercise but still beneficial for blood circulation and increase endorphins. "Walking is good exercise but often underestimated," he said.