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Redefining the Strategy for Chronic Low Back Pain

by Kevin Mullins Jr, CSCS
Personal Training Quarterly November 2019
Vol 6, Issue 3

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This article explores the possible causes of low back pain, as well as three potential strategies that a personal trainer may use to work with someone dealing with low back pain.

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This article originally appeared in Personal Training Quarterly (PTQ)—a quarterly publication for NSCA Members designed specifically for the personal trainer. Discover easy-to-read, research-based articles that take your training knowledge further with Nutrition, Programming, and Personal Business Development columns in each quarterly, electronic issue. Read more articles from PTQ »

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4. Ramdas, J, and Jella, V. Prevalence and risk factors of low back pain. International Journal of Advances in Medicine 5(5): 1120-1123, 2018.

5. Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science. Treatment fundamentals: A simple framework to reconceptualize pain and injury treatment. 2015. Retrieved 2019 from http://www. greglehman.ca/blog/2015/02/19/treatment-fundamentals-asimple- framework-to-reconceptualize-pain-and-injury-treatment.

6. Scott, WJ, Bury, DC, and Miller, JA. Mechanical low back pain. American Family Physician 98(7): 421-428, 2018.

7. Urquhart, DM, Berry, PB, Wluka, AE, Strauss, BJ, Wang, Y, Proietto, JJ, et al. Increased fat mass associated with high levels of low back pain intensity and disability. Spine 36(16): 1320-1325, 2011.

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Kevin Mullins, Jr.

Kevin Mullins is the Director of Product Development for the St.James in Washington D.C. Mullins is the author of the book Dayby Day: The Personal Tra ...

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