Pilates method effect on chronic low back pain

Work relevance: Spine illness is a social problem not only in Lithuania, it‘s worldwide. One of the main disorders is Low Back Pain syndrome – lumbar spine disease. (Hasenbring M., et. al., 2012). One of the most effective ways to fight with low back pain is using pilates method. Lots of scientific researches revealed, that pilates is better than other treatments (Rydeard R., et. al., 2006). Aim: To evaluate the effect of pilates on persons with low back pain. Research methods: Questionnaire – is used to find persons back pain duration, reasons, evaluating researches for pathology, determining the nature of work and activities which cause the pain. Faces pain scale – it‘s a self-report tool, which is used to evaluate patients pain intensity, when the patient specifies pain intensity reflecting smile; Functional Rating Index questionnaire – is a measure which was specifically created to quantitatively estimate subject spine bone-muscle system functions and pain perception; Quebec questionnaire – is used to evaluate patients, who are suffering from back pain functional disability and the influence of it to patient daily activities. Results and conclusion: Comparing the results of the first and second groups of VGS pain scales before and after the research, a statistically significant difference was found. Comparing the results of the first and second groups in FRI questionnaire before and after the research, a statistically significant difference was found. Comparing the results of the first and second groups of quebec questionnaire before and after the research, a statistically significant difference was also found. 1. After the pilates exercises, the subjects' back pain and the function of the musculoskeletal system and the effect of pain on the daily activities of the people were statistically significantly reduced for both groups of subjects. 2. The Pilates method statistically significantly reduces chronic back pain in both younger and elderly subjects