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Podcast: Low Back Pain Podcast
Episode: The Harmful Effects of Rest for Low Back Pain | Episode 90
Description: Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program:
Have you been told to rest? To take a break from exercise? To quit or change your job? Or to go on total bed rest even? These are all things many of our clients were told, and this is some of the most harmful advice anyone could be provided! Not only is rest proven to be ineffective for lower back pain, but it's been proven to be harmful leading to fear avoidance behaviors! Rest will never be a solution, and the evidence clearly supports that...