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> However, the protective effects typically wore off after that, with recurrences rising after 12 months, probably because many of the people who’d been involve
by stephengillie 11y ago
> However, the protective effects typically wore off after that, with recurrences rising after 12 months, probably because many of the people who’d been involved in the studies stopped exercising, Dr. Maher said, and their back problems returned.
Ah, speculation. In 5 years, we'll be hearing how exercise causes chronic back pain, and the solution is to exercise for 6 months, then take 6 months off, because some other highly-decorated surgeon thinks it probably makes sense.
- jschwartzi 11y agoIf the back pain is caused by weak postural muscles or a muscular imbalance, then it's possible that exercise is correcting those deficiencies. Your muscles adapt to whatever loads they routinely bear. If you spend most of your time with a supported posture then your postural muscles will naturally weaken over time. I used to have neck and back and knee pain until I started lifting regularly. In my experience, it hurts differently when you're damaging your body versus training your muscles. It is possible to seriously injure yourself a little at a time if you're not cognizant of this, and it's much better to err on the side of caution and progress slower than to ignore your body and risk a serious injury. If we see a study like you say, it will almost certainly fail to control for the confounding effect of a cautious or incautious approach on injury rates.
- RyanMcGreal 11y ago> it hurts differently when you're damaging your body versus training your muscles In my experience it's the difference between soreness and pain.
- jdbernard 11y agoYes, but to someone unaccustomed to it, soreness is pain.