Background: Non-specific pain of low back and neck has direct impact on quality of life, active days at work, and health care costs. The purpose of this study was to determine the pain intensity and disability index for low back and neck among dentists. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 80 dentists (44.6% female and 55.4% male). Dentists pain intensity and...

Mechanical low back pain is the main common reason for referral to physiotherapy clinic, and a chief people complains, both men women are equally reported be affected by this condition. It found that core stabilization exercises have got significant improvement when compared conventional care in improving function relieving pain. To see effectiveness of muscles activation over along with Interf...

[Purpose] The purpose of this paper is to report the effect of individual strengthening exercises for the anterior pelvic tilt muscles on back pain, pelvic tilt angle, and lumbar ROM of a low back pain (LBP) patient with flat back. [Subject] A 37 year-old male, who complained of LBP pain at L3-5 levels with flat back, participated. [Methods] He performed the individual strengthening exercises f...

BACKGROUND Deconditioning of the lumbar extensor musculature (lumbar erector spinae and multifidus) is a risk factor for low back injury and pain. The article presents various aspects of scientific reports which confirm the effectiveness of lumbar extensor exercises. MATERIAL AND METHODS The articles to be reviewed were extracted from the MedLine and PubMed data - bases. The following key wor...

BACKGROUND Today, chronic low back pain is one of the special challenges in healthcare. There is no unique approach to treat chronic low back pain. A variety of methods are used for the treatment of low back pain, but the effects of these methods have not yet been investigated adequately. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Pilates and McKenzie training on pain and general...