Walking Routine Prevent Back Pain

Often experience back pain? Not that we have to reduce activity and prefer to sit lazy. The research team from Israel it encourages us to be more active, such as by foot.

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

For the study, the researchers enrolled 52 patients suffering from 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 are doing a walking program. Before the study all participants not actively exercising regularly.

Participants from both groups practicing two to three times a week. The group initially practiced pedestrian 20 minutes on the treadmill and then increased to 40 minutes. At the end of the study, which is in the sixth week, all participants showed significant reduction in back pain.

Exercise routine that they do also improve 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 not walking target specific muscles such as weight training, but muscles still formed. That is why all the participants get almost the same results.

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