Can Diet Help With Lower Back Pain

Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2009

What you eat and how much you eat affects your weight, and many back specialists believe that excess weight can sometimes contribute to low back pain. According to survey participants, however, weight is often not a critical factor in lower back pain.

Of the eighteen people in the US survey who dieted as part of their total program of back care, none felt that weight loss was nearly as important in reducing back pain as other aspects of lower back pain relief. Obviously, to be grossly overweight is to beg for a variety of medical problems. But weight loss alone is probably not a major factor in alleviating back pain.