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Free-Weight Lifting helps a LOT for Low Back Pain

January 7, 2019December 14, 2017 by Chad Reilly

The effects of a free-weight-based resistance training intervention on pain, squat biomechanics and MRI-defined lumbar fat infiltration and functional cross-sectional area in those with chronic low back. Welch N, Moran K, Antony J, Richter C, Marshall B, Coyle J, Falvey E, Franklyn-Miller A. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2015 Nov 9;1(1) [FREE FULL TEXT] QUOTES: … Read more

Low Back Pain. Free Weights Good, Weight Machines and Stretching Bad — It’s Science.

January 8, 2019April 9, 2014 by Chad Reilly

Are flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities associated with a higher risk of developing low back pain? J Sci Med Sport. 2013 Aug 8 The researchers followed 4610 adults and compared their exercise program and incidence of low back pain over an average of 4.9 years. Quotes from the study: “CONCLUSIONS: In this sample, stretching or use … Read more