Dores de costas e o não exercício?

http://theconversation.com/best-way-to-avoid-back-pain-lift-heavy-things-93702

Citando:
"The common advice from lifting training is to avoid heavy lifting where possible. However, research has shown that such training is largely ineffective at reducing back pain and back injury. It seems that a different approach is needed.

Human tissue needs to be exposed to loads to become strong – and the spine is a good example of this. Regular loading prepares the joints, muscle and ligaments for normal tasks. Nobody would expect to run a marathon without preparing the body for such loading, so it seems logical that to be able to lift a weight requires exposure to that activity.

Lack of loading has been shown to have damaging effects on the spine. Studies on astronauts have shown that lack of exposure to loading in microgravity causes muscle wasting, spine stiffness and disc swelling. These previously healthy astronauts developed back pain after space flight. Prolonged unloading caused an unstable or weak spine leading to back pain."

Efeito de anti-inflamatórios (não esteróides) em dores de costas é negligenciável

... E não compensa o acrescido risco de problemas gastro-intestinais (úlceras, etc.). Tome o seu placebo favorito antes:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/03/back-pain-medications-have-little-benefit-and-may-cause-harm-research
Citando:
"Widely used anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen have little more benefit than a placebo when it comes to treating back pain, a comprehensive review has found.
Researchers analysed 35 peer-reviewed trials on the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs] such as ibuprofen for back pain, reviewing data from 6,065 patients.
They found that none of the analgesics offered anything more than a mild relief for back-pain sufferers, and the effect was too small to be considered clinically important.

The comprehensive review, published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, found while the drugs offered little to no benefit, patients taking them were 2.5 times more likely to suffer from gastrointestinal problems such a stomach ulcers and bleeding."

Medicamentos para as dores de costas são ineficazes

... e perigosos:
http://www.parentherald.com/articles/45796/20160525/painkillers-back-pain-dangerous-ineffective.htm


"Experts have warned that powerful painkillers may no longer be effective against back pain [no better than placebo]. The drugs are also highly addictive and may be dangerous when taken long term."