A 2018 study supports this, showing that walking backwards activates the lumbar paraspinal muscles (the ones that support your spine). This is one reason why physiotherapists often recommend ...

Roughly 20 per cent of adults between the ages of 30 and 50 will experience back pain at some point. It is a leading cause of ...

Background Back pain and intervertbral disc (IVD) damage are common problems experienced by astronauts. We hypothesize this is from paraspinal muscle deconditioning, ∼5 cm body lengthening from spinal ...