Returning to Sport & Activity
How to reintroduce demanding activity after back pain using task-specific readiness, graded exposure, and response-based progression.
One common return-to-sport mistake is treating lower pain as proof that sport-specific capacity has returned. Symptoms may settle before strength, endurance, speed, confidence, and tolerance for the sport's repeated demands have been rebuilt.
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