Walking ‘can cure chronic back pain’

The cure to chronic back pain can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, according to Ireland’s top physio.

Internationally-renowned sports injury specialist Gerard Hartmann says just 40 minutes of brisk walking, five days a week, is all it takes to beat the debilitating condition that affects up to 70% of Irish adults.

Back pain and other musculo-skeletal disorders are the cause of 50% of sick days take annually in Ireland.