The prolonged bed rest was once considered the treatment of choice for back pain.
This approach was based on the consideration that some people enjoy at least a temporary relief position relaxed, but also on the physiological data for the pressure borne by the intervertebral discs is lower when taking the supine position.
Unfortunately today we find many family doctors who advise people with back pain to spend a week of strict bed rest.
The fear that the work could aggravate the situation and delay the recovery is completely unfounded.
fact, some recent studies and systematic reviews published on the National Plan Guidelines confirm that patients with acute back pain who continue as normally as possible to carry out their normal activities recover better those that bed rest is two to four days.
From these studies so that other people who remain active, despite the acute pain after suffering much less from chronic pain (pain that are considered to last for at least three months or more) and use health services much less those patients who were set aside pending the pain had diminished.
However, the fact that bed rest is ineffective does not mean that people can immediately return to the workplace. Some people with physically demanding activities may in fact not be able to resume work so quickly as those who carry out work activities lighter. But for people with back pain is often useful to return to work at least in reduced form until they experience a full recovery.