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For anyone who has ever felt paralyzed with chronic low back pain , it won’t be surprising that back pain is the leading cause of disability: What may be surprising is the best way to treat it.

“We used to think if you had low back pain, you should be on bed rest and try not to move — try not to flare up the pain,” said Dr. Jennifer Gourdin , a sports medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“Now we know that movement is key to prevention, as well as treatment.”

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