Physical, psychological therapies together more effective against back pain in long-term: Study

NEW DELHI: Combining physical and psychological therapies — exercise, along with cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness — may have more long-term effects in treating lower back pain, a study has found.

Researchers from Macquarie University, Australia, reviewed results from 75 clinical trials, involving around 15,400 participants, that looked at the effects of 20 non-surgical treatments of chronic low back pain — massage, manipulation, pain education and injections — over a year or more.

Published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal, the findings show that “cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, exercise, and multidisciplinary care could produce the long-term benefits required to reduce the global burden due to non-specific chronic low back pain”.

Source: PTI News

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