Low Back Pain

The current approaches to the prevention of lowback pain development fail to address two significant factors. First, the psychological causes of low back pain may not be appreciably neutralized by either physical fitness or improved nutrition, which are the approaches most often employed. As one study noted the agony often strikes for no obvious reason (Finalyson, 1985). Certainly, the prevention of low back pain development should be a high priority, however, the prevention of low back pain development does nothing for the individual already suffering from the condition  the second factor not addressed by the current efforts to prevent low back pain development.

Finlayson (1985) also noted that the severity of the pain usually does not indicate an equally serious problem. Thus, when seeking an effective therapy for low back pain, a less intrusive therapy than surgery or dependencyforming drugs may be indicated. Another factor to be considered is the widely held suspicion that chronic back pain is rarely just a physical problem. Indeed, some specialists claim that in 80 percent of all back pain cases such elusive factors as stress, depression and mental attitude play a magnifying role (Finalyson, 1985). Whatever therapy is sou