Effects of Fascial Stretch Therapy on Pain Index and Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

A Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.Numerous fascia-focused therapies are used to treat pain, most relying on direct manipulation and or tool-mediated techniques. FascialStretchTherapy,on the other hand,uses distally applied techniques to yield both local and global desired tissue outcomes and subjective pain improvement, including those related to LBP(Figure1). We hypothesize that subjects receiving FST will have reduced nonspecific LBP and enhanced activities of daily living (ADL) scores. Using healthy adults between the ages of 18 to 55, this prospective study was used to determineifa two week, four session FST program will lead to reduced pain, reduced use of pain medications, improved ADL and quality of life scores, increased sleep, and increase range of motion in individuals with CNSLBP.This item is part of the College of Medicine - Phoenix Scholarly Projects 2020 collection. For more information, contact the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library at pbc-library@email.arizona.edu