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No discussion of weight loss, injury, mobilization techniques, foam rolling/self-myofascial release (i.e. self-massage), no discussion of massage or PT. These a
by WhompingWindows 8y ago
No discussion of weight loss, injury, mobilization techniques, foam rolling/self-myofascial release (i.e. self-massage), no discussion of massage or PT. These are all huge for back pain and the author manages to brilliantly avoid these while discussing one-on-one sitting training sessions.
The reality for most people is that nearly all of these things can affect their back pain. Once again, an article attempts to reduce a multivariate model to a univariate model, reducing many variables to one is simpler but not more true, just easier to dispense in a news post.
- scott_s 8y agoI don't think the evidence for foam rolling or massage is good for long-term benefits. It feels good and people like it, but I don't think it's associated with long-term relief.
- WhompingWindows 8y agoThe article is "To fix back pain", for which regular massage therapy and foam-rolling have been shown to be beneficial in some ways. More work for longer-term benefits must be done, however: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637917/