title: Mechanical therapy for low back pain.
abstract: Physical therapy and manual medicine for low back pain encompass many different treatment modalities. There is a vast variety of techniques that physical therapists commonly use in the treatment of low back pain. Some of the therapies include, but are certainly not limited to, education, exercise, lumbar traction, manual manipulation, application of heat, cryotherapy, and ultrasonography. Many of these approaches are discussed specifically in this article.
authors.affiliation: Southern Regional AHEC, 1601 Owen Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304, USA. Donald.guild@sr-ahec.org
authors.forename: Donald Grant
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Guild
mesh_terms: D003080:Cold Temperature; D017679:Cryotherapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008405:Massage; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D014143:Traction; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation; D014463:Ultrasonography