The new back school prescription: stabilization training. Part I.
Stabilization training in neutral spine is an integrated approach of education in proper posture and body mechanics along with exercise to improve strength, flexibility, muscular and cardiovascular endurance, and coordination of movement. This article establishes some initial direction for understanding the concepts of neutral spine and stabilization training and their application to and progression in the back pain patient.
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Woodside Physical Therapy and Spine Center, Inc., Redwood City, CA 94061.
D001416:Back Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic