John Spencer < [log in to unmask] > writes:
<<My overall concern is that rather than dismissing Dynamic Stability work on
the rather vague basis that it is "flawed" or on the basis that you have not
had much success with it clinically we should look to the research that shows
that:
1. there is a very strong correlation between people with a measurable
(scientifically measurable that is) dysfunction in TrAb timing and recurrent
low back pain
2. that addressing this dysfunction by using techniques available to us all
in our clinics the researchers (physiotherapists) have been able to show the
largest single reduction in recurrence rates of low back pain ever
demonstrated in an intervention initially over a 12 month and now a 36 month
period.....>>
*** Which specific studies providde this information and which different
treatment modalities were compared? Since various list members have provided
feedback that prone back extensions over a high bench ("prone
hyperextensions") can also provide a very successful form of therapy, was
this exercise also examined? I mention this because numerous weightlifters
and powerlifters over many decades have found this same exercise to be very
helpful in managing back pain and dysfunction.
Almost paradoxically, some have even discovered that "contraindicated
exercises" such as controlled deadlifting or pulls from the floor with loaded
barbells can also help to resolve back pain. Another exercise which
currently is popular among lifters wishing to relieve back pain is what is
called "reverse prone hyperextensions", which involves lying prone over a
bench and raising and lowering the lower extremities against a load slung
around the ankles (note, of course, the multifidus and other back muscles
serve primarily as stabilisers in this exercise). Have any other list
members come across back pain and dysfunction successfully being treated with
these exercises, which many would regard as "potentially risky."?
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
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