Quote "But, if you do not treat the local muscle dysfunction then your patient is almost guarenteed to experience recurrence of back pain. This should not be ignorantly denied"

SES WHO? All the research trying to relate the two is not the most compelling I have read. Just because motor control research has outweighed manual therapy research in the last 10 years doesnt mean we all have to jump on this bandwagon. Most of the research has been of a very poor standard compared to the much more powerful results that have shown general exercise to be the most beneficial route to a non-recurrence of LBP.

By the way...........in the clinical setting does a valid and reliable way of testing or treating local muscle function exist?