As I'm sure I've mentioned before, when I first developed back pain years ago I was told by my Doctor to rest and not overdo things, along with the pain-killers of course.
Now we know differently (we think), and the current advice is to keep as active as possible, despite the pain. This advice seems to be borne out by recent research by Olaya Contreras at the Sahigrenska Academy University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
According to an article on science daily.com, 109 patients with acute low back pain were randomly advised in two ways. One group were told to "stay active even though it hurts." The other was told to "adjust your activity to the pain."
Unsurprisingly to me (having for some time now followed the stay active routine) the group advised to stay active recovered more quickly with fewer problems, such as depression, at the end of the trial.
The full report can be found here.
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