Low back pain is one of the most common and disabling conditions worldwide. It’s estimated that nearly 200 million acute episodes of low back pain occur each year, of which roughly 20% persist for longer than three months. With the aging of the global population combined with the obesity epidemic, low back pain is expected to become an even more substantial physical health issue in the coming decades.
Because weakness in the core muscles that help stabilize the spine has been linked to up to a three-times increased risk of new-onset low back pain, improving endurance and control in this…
