hi physiobase,

with regard to your question 'has anyone yet showed that TA activity is more prevalent in non-back pain suffers than in those with back pain?' surely that is the role of the control subjects present in many of these studies. Their data is taken to establish the representative norm for subjects who have not experienced (recent?) back pain. Or am I looking at that too simplisticly? I am in total agreement with you that to isolate treatment towards TA is poor practice, but as a facet of a treatment programme maybe it has use as a 'pre-hab' to avoid further recurrences? Just an idea.

Yours

chunkypuffin