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Lower Back Pain; Evolution of Back School Therapy

Abstract

Younis Kamal

Back school therapy is a kind of patient education to teach him to how to help him and take active part in the management of the back pain. This is a group therapy of education, flexibility, strength, coordination and endurance training to prevent repetitive micro-trauma to the spinal structures responsible for pain and degeneration. The purpose of back school is not only to create confidence in the patient to cope with his back troubles but also to avoid excess therapy and to decrease the expenses both for the patient and for the society. It is the endeavour of many people which gave birth to the present form of back school concept and design which has not only refined many lives but added one important dimension in the management of low back pain.