{"id":1384,"date":"2025-08-21T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:45:21","slug":"lower-back-pain-pilates-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/lower-back-pain-pilates-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Back Pain, Pilates, and You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/backache.png?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rear view of woman holding lower back\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/backache.png?w=653&amp;ssl=1 653w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/backache.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourpilateslifestyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/backache.png?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Reformer Helps Relieve Chronic Back Pain<\/h1>\n<p>Dealing with back pain \u2014 overwhelmingly suffered as a result of our Western lifestyle involving just plain bad posture for hours on end \u2014 is one of, if not the, most commonly Googled search terms over time.<\/p>\n<p>More and more, the recommendation for relief from back pain is to move your body to speed recovery, but only with carefully monitored exercise. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/19\/well\/move\/exercise-back-pain.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.jSZL.6c-qCDpabpN6&amp;smid=url-share\">free to read New York Times article<\/a> contains a good discussion of the causes, and treatments, of chronic back pain.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40713915\/\">article describing a randomized clinical trial conducted in conjunction with the National Institute of Health<\/a> on whether or not Pilates reformer exercises could alleviate discomfort points to a clear reduction in experienced pain by participants who took Pilates reformer classes during the time period involved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reformer Helps Relieve Chronic Back Pain Dealing with back pain \u2014 overwhelmingly suffered as a result of our Western lifestyle involving just plain bad posture for hours on end \u2014 is one of, if not the, most commonly Googled search terms over time. 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