The type of exercise doesn’t matter.
The researchers found that it didn’t matter what kind of exercise the patients did, as long as they were moving. Core strengthening exercises, aerobic exercise, or flexibility and stretching exercises were all beneficial in preventing back pain.
Doctors prescribe all these other remedies, but not enough exercise.
"If there were a pill out there that could reduce your risk of future episodes of back pain by 30 percent, I'd probably be seeing ads on television every night," says Dr. Tim Carey, an internist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, who wrote an accompanying commentary in the journal. However, doctors don’t prescribe exercise nearly enough, despite its effectiveness.