Alleviate back pain with activity by Andre Labbe, and Phil Page

What would you tell a 65 year-old who complained of low back pain? Take it easy? While this may sound like good advice, it's not. Our preference towards taking it easy, otherwise known as a sedentary lifestyle, is one of two main reasons that about four in five adults experience low back pain at some point, says the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. And the problem only worsens as we age, because discs, like joints, degenerate over time.