Are Stretch Exercises Good for an Acute Back Injury?

As you all know I do recommend stretch exercise as one of the best ways to relieve and manage back pain. However, I found this article by Anne Asher on about.com where she discusses the merits and otherwise of exercise for acute back injury,

Generally speaking she concludes that stretch exercise is good, even for an acute back problem as long as it is approached it the correct way.

She goes on to describe various types of back injury and gives some basic guidelines regarding stretching for your acute or flared up spine injury.

This is well worth a read and you can find the full article here.