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From The Desk Of Clarence Bass
By Clarence and Carol Bass
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Low-Back Pain Management
Being a long time sufferer I was very interested in a study published April 2025 in the Journal of Physiotherapy (as reported by the Cleveland Clinic) about low-back pain.
They report the astonishing fact that 80% of adults at some point have low-back pain and 15% of those cases are chronic.
It's the price we pay for standing upright.
It's "hard to treat" because the pain may be non-specific.
They reviewed the results of 46 studies, involving 4,227 people with a mean age of 45 who had chronic low-back pain, with their focus being the association between exercise and pain relief. Exercise programs included yoga, tae chi, core strengthening, stretching and others. They found that high adherence to an exercise program was linked to the greatest reduction in back pain and improvement in function. Even low adherence provided some modest benefit.
When I needed management for discomfort in my low-back, Carol and I made a trip to Colorado a few years back to see a doctor friend and his colleagues for help. An MRI was done for evaluation and they proceeded with some injections that helped some.
They advised me to find a neurosurgeon in Albuquerque to follow-up, which we did.
He did a complete evaluation including reviewing my MRI. He was impressed with my general condition and concluded that surgical intervention was not advised, had a long recovery time, and my age (in the 80's) was also a factor.
He advised me to keep doing what I have been doing in terms of exercise and lifestyle: regular walking and lifting without rounding my back. If it hurts I try to work around it.
This helps, but my back still bothers me.
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I believe my back problem comes out of Olympic lifting in my early years, but if you are having low-back pain for any reason, you should see your caregiver.
Let them suggest the next step in your search for relief.
The most encouraging insight is that careful exercise may be all or a large part of the answer to low-back pain.
The Olympic "Snatch."
The "Clean and Jerk" (the
other Olympic lift) with the weight
overhead and legs split forward and back. The belt helps support the
back. Powerlifting with heavy weights puts more stress on the lower back. Olympic lifting can do the same and is not recommended if you have back problems. Bodybuilding with lighter weights is easier on the joints and may make them stronger--and pain free. September 1, 2025
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