Exercise Vs. Back Pain; What Does it Do? with Adam Meakins

Exercise is anything that is effortful and challenging and physical activity is something that is not effortful

The world health organisation guidelines recommend a minimum of 300 minutes of exercise per week

The sessions of exercise need to last for longer than ten minutes

The recommendation is for at least two sessions of resistance-based exercise weekly covering all muscle groups in the body

Resistance can be applied by an external force or the body

Exercise makes things better by initially making things worse

When we exercise we cause adverse reactions - blood pressure rises, stress increases hormones are released and micro-damage to muscle tissue is caused.

Exercise triggers processes that are positive responses and means our bodies super compensate

Exercise helps to reduce a multitude of pain even though we don’t fully understand how

You can’t avoid pain but you can reduce your risk through exercise

Exercise exposes you to effort, challenge and difficulty and this means you are more robust and resilient to all challenges

Exercise helps people both physically and psychologically

There is no such thing as a bad exercise only those that are poorly prescribed

Attaching meaningful goals to exercise can be motivating

Any movement is a dynamical system and all human movement is dynamical