Community exercise classes help people with back pain

Although patients with back pain should return to normal activities as soon as possible, many are afraid of further injury or making their pain worse and therefore reduce their activities. This can lead to chronic disability. Klaber Moffett et al (p 279) show that referring patients to a progressive exercise programme of eight evening sessions led by physiotherapists helped patients to cope better with their pain and function better. The benefits were maintained for at least a year, and patients' initial preferences for type of management did not affect outcome.

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