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According to the book from the American College of Sports Medicine, “Low back pain is considered a major public health problem, with the lifetime prevalence reported as high as 84%.”<ref>American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2022: 172.</ref> Integrative lifestyle medicine strategies such as whole foods and a plant-based diet, sustainable physical activity and mind-body exercises, restorative sleep, stress management, awareness and mitigation of substance abuse and addiction, establishing meaningful social networks and self-care may be a part of therapeutic interventions to help manage chronic lower back pain.<ref>Altug Z. [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1559827620971547 Lifestyle medicine for chronic lower back pain: an evidence-based approach]. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2021;15: 425-433. doi:10.1177/1559827620971547</ref> | |||
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According to the book from the American College of Sports Medicine, “Low back pain is considered a major public health problem, with the lifetime prevalence reported as high as 84%.”[1] Integrative lifestyle medicine strategies such as whole foods and a plant-based diet, sustainable physical activity and mind-body exercises, restorative sleep, stress management, awareness and mitigation of substance abuse and addiction, establishing meaningful social networks and self-care may be a part of therapeutic interventions to help manage chronic lower back pain.[2]
Figure 1 shows various options for healthcare providers to consider for low back pain.
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- ↑ American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2022: 172.
- ↑ Altug Z. Lifestyle medicine for chronic lower back pain: an evidence-based approach. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2021;15: 425-433. doi:10.1177/1559827620971547
