title: Low back pain under control - Bartzokas' maneuver: a case report.
abstract: Low back pain (lumbago) is a common health problem globally. It is related to age, modern lifestyle (no exercise etc), and injuries. Its treatment includes a very broad spectrum of methods and its prevention is still unclear.We present Aristides, a 52-year old male, who has been suffering from low back pain for 10 years, and discovered a preventive and therapeutic maneuver that has helped him to significantly decrease the acute and chronic attacks of low back pain that were haunting him. We present the "Bartzokas' maneuver", a very simple and effective therapeutic - as well as preventive - manipulation with no known adverse effects.
authors.affiliation: University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Department of Hygiene & Epidemiology, University Campus, 45110, Ioannina, Greece. doctor.muscle@gmail.com
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatzinikolaou
authors.forename: Theoharis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paschalis
authors.forename: Aristides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartzokas
authors.forename: Ioannis Dk
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Dimoliatis