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CHRONIC MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN HAS MAINTAINED A DEFIANT STANCE TO MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARDS MANAGING IT SUCCESSFULLY AND EXERCISE APPEARS TO BE CORE IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT.ENDURANCE EXERCISE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN COMBATTING RECURRENCE OF MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN.MCKENZIE EXERCISE IS AN ESTABLISHED REGIMEN OF TREATING MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN.BACK CARE EDUCATION HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENT LOW BACK PAIN. DESPITE THESE ASSERTIONS IN LITERATURE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ONE PARTICULAR TYPE OF EXERCISE IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE OTHER.CONSEQUENTLY A COMBINATION OF THESE ESTABLISHED EXERCISES WAS USED IN TREATING CHRONIC MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN.COMBINATION EXERCISE REGIMENS WERE FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN TREATING CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN, HENCE THIS PUBLICATION.

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Born at Ibadan to Adeyemi and Omotunde Awolola. Olubusola is a Ph.D graduate of Physiotherapy, University of Ibadan Nigeria. She presently lectures at the Medical Rehabilitation Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain. She is happily married to Thomas Johnson.

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