Exercises for Lumbar Instability - Spine Muscles Strength

 

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Exercises_for_Lumbar_Instability

Erector Spinae Exercises: The Ultimate Guide to a Stronger Back

OcraMed Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJ2oH1Ef_I

Beginner Low Back Exercises - Erector Spinae Strength

These exercises focus on engaging a group of muscles called the erector spinae which are the prime extensor muscles of the spine.

Perform these as a circuit, going slow and controlled.  Try holding some of the positions for a second or two.  Your back will be exhausted!

Elite Chiropractic and Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw2Lxiz0o4Q

ud. 27.12.2025

Pub. 29.11.2024

Physiotherapy - Articles, Textbooks and Treatment Plans - Physiotherapists

 

Physiotherapy Books

The Student Physiotherapist's Companion: A Case-Based Test-Your-Knowledge Guide - E-Book

2025

Preview

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Student_Physiotherapist_s_Companion/4jw0EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Severe Spondylolisthesis

Pathology, Diagnosis, Therapy

By Jürgen Harms, Henning Stürz · 2002

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Severe_Spondylolisthesis/NvmXsQfaqWkC?hl=en&gbpv=0

A Practice of Physiotherapy

By Chris Martin Sampson · 1926

Full Download

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Practice_of_Physiotherapy/XikgAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Hip Abductors Physiotherapy

Exercises and stretches for hip pain

Knee lift

External hip rotation

Double hip rotation

Hip and lower back stretch

Hip flexion

Hip extension

Hip abduction

Heel-to-buttock exercise

Mini squat

Short-arc quadriceps exercise

Quadriceps exercise

Bridging

Chair stand

Abdominal exercise

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325029?c=861808045100

https://www.nosecreekphysiotherapy.com/hip-abductors-the-muscles-that-stabilize-your-walk/

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Therapy_Exercises_for_the_Hip

Gluteal Muscles

Which exercises target the gluteal muscles while minimizing activation of the tensor fascia lata? Electromyographic assessment using fine-wire electrodes

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23160432/

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Gluteus_Maximus

https://physio.ie/the-gluteal-muscles/   YouTube videos are there

https://www.physiotherapy-treatment.com/glute-workout.html

Adductor Muscles

https://www.berwickphysio.com.au/core/adductor-strengthening-exercises/

https://www.physiotherapy-treatment.com/exercises-for-inner-thighs.html

https://choose.physio/your-body/hip/groin-pain

https://lambertiphysiotherapy.co.za/groin-strain/

Bharat Skills Physiotherapy

https://bharatskills.gov.in/Home/StudyMaterial?var=OB2HKoblPv/JRP/wXU/V+Q==&Default=YES

Charter Society of Physiotherapists - UK

https://www.csp.org.uk/conditions/shoulder-pain

Ud. 19.12.2025

Pub. 26.12.2022

Anterolisthesis - Spondylolisthesis - Retrolisthesis - Spine Related Problem

 

https://premiaspine.com/grade-1-spondylolisthesis-causes-treatments-recovery-forecasts/

https://www.osmosis.org/answers/anterolisthesis

Case study

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11026868/

About the Disease

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Orthopade . 1994 Jun;23(3):220-7.

[Natural course in spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis]

[Article in German]

F Hefti 1, M Brunazzi, E Morscher

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8047354/

Good article

Eur Spine J. 2007 Nov 17;17(3):327–335. doi: 10.1007/s00586-007-0543-3

Diagnosis and conservative management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

Leonid Kalichman 1,✉, David J Hunter 1

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2270383/

J Orthop. 2018 Mar 17;15(2):404–407. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2018.03.008

Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: A review of the literature

Paul Gagnet 1,⁎, Kent Kern 1, Kyle Andrews 1, Hossein Elgafy 1, Nabil Ebraheim 1

PMCID: PMC5990218  PMID: 29881164

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5990218/

Conservative Management

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Good article

Eur Spine J . 2008 Mar;17(3):327-335. doi: 10.1007/s00586-007-0543-3. Epub 2007 Nov 17.

Diagnosis and conservative management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

Leonid Kalichman 1, David J Hunter 2

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18026865/

Masterclass

Open access

Published: 09 August 2021

Physiotherapy

Lumbar spondylolisthesis: STATE of the art on assessment and conservative treatment

Carla Vanti, Silvano Ferrari, Andrew A. Guccione & Paolo Pillastrini 

Archives of Physiotherapy volume 11, Article number: 19 (2021) 

https://archivesphysiotherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40945-021-00113-2

 Complications of prolonged bed rest.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3348306/

Brace

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Spine (Phila Pa 1976) . 1985 Dec;10(10):937-43. doi: 10.1097/00007632-198512000-00013.

Treatment of symptomatic spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis with the modified Boston brace

M E Steiner, L J Micheli

PMID: 3914087 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198512000-00013

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3914087/

Clin Orthop Relat Res  . 1988 Nov:(236):192-8.

Brace treatment for symptomatic spondylolisthesis

D F Bell 1, M G Ehrlich, D J Zaleske

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3180570/

Conservative Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Using a Rigid Brace

A Case Study

Mun, Dong-Won; Yu, Hyon-Chol; Ko, Mun-Sik; Pak, Hyon-Ho

Author Information

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth 13(3):p 274-278, May–Jun 2020. | DOI: 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_104_19

https://journals.lww.com/mjdy/fulltext/2020/13030/conservative_treatment_of_degenerative.23.aspx

Abstract

Surgery is not always required in patients with spondylolisthesis. Meanwhile, surgical adverse events contribute significantly to postoperative morbidity. Restriction of the patient's activities, muscle rehabilitation, and other nonoperative measures, including the intermittent use of a rigid back brace, often are sufficient if the symptoms are minimal, and the slippage is mild.

Articles

Using a Back Brace for Lower Back Pain Relief

By: Saurabh Dang, MD, Interventional Pain Physician

https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/alternative-care/using-back-brace-lower-back-pain-relief

Surgery

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 European Spine Journal  Article

Surgery for adult spondylolisthesis: a systematic review of the evidence

Review Article

Published: 12 September 2015

Volume 25, pages 2359–2367, (2016)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00586-015-4177-6?fromPaywallRec=true

World Neurosurg . 2021 Feb:146:e1219-e1225. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.131. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Long-Term Outcomes Following Lumbar Microendoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with and without Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up

Takato Aihara 1,

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33271376/

Microendoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Texas Dallas Surgeon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeybBTaPDt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUOumdVXJtM

Doctors and Surgeons

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdonaldcorenmanspinesurgeon/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAMqFdBT3E8   - Good video. DR. M.D. Khan

Associations - Support Groups

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https://spinehealth.org/article/spondylolisthesis/

Statement.

"Nonsurgical treatment is successful in most degenerative spondylolisthesis."

Search Results

J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil

. 2019;32(5):701-706. doi: 10.3233/BMR-181185.

Comprehensive non-surgical treatment decreased the need for spine surgery in patients with spondylolisthesis: Three-year results

Sibel Demir-Deviren 1, Emel E Ozcan-Eksi 1, Savas Sencan 2, Hemra Cil 1, Sigurd Berven 1

Affiliations expand

PMID: 30664502 DOI: 10.3233/BMR-181185

Methods: All patients who underwent CNT for spondylolisthesis (n: 203) were included. CNT consisted of patient education, pain control with transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFEs) and/or medications, and exercise programs.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30664502/

Ud. 6.11.2024

Pub. 28.10.2024

Aceclonefac - NSAID

 

J Pain Res. 2021 Nov 30;14:3651–3663. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S326101

A Review of Aceclofenac: Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Musculoskeletal Disorders

Giovanni Iolascon 1,✉, Sergio Giménez 2, Dorottya Mogyorósi 3,4

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8643213/

Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections

 

Factors associated with improved outcomes after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections for radicular pain: A systematic review

Author links open overlay panel

Minjin K. Fromm MD

, Shao-Hsien Liu PhD, MPH, 

Catherine Carr MLIS, AHIP

, 

Elizabeth Stefancic BS

, 

Michael Rogalski MD

North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)

Volume 21, March 2025, 100592

North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)

Systematic Reviews /Meta-analyses

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548425000125

Williams Back Exercises - Williams Flexion Exercises

 

Williams Back Exercises

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551558/

Williams Flexion Exercises

https://www.physiotherapy-treatment.com/williams-flexion-exercises.html

Williams Flexion Exercise for Low Back Pain

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (OAMJMS)

https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/download/3988/4513/22450

14 Exercises and Stretches for Spondylolisthesis. These exercises will help manage the pain and work on your core – the focus is on tightening your abdominals.

https://completecarephysio.com/spondylolisthesis-exercises/

https://www.practo.com/healthfeed/williams-flexion-exercises/tag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHTERmQpP4&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-h-Examples-of-Williams-flexion-exercises-Arrows-show-the-direction-of-movement-a_fig1_322935093

https://www.ijmhr.org/ijpr.12.2/IJPR.2024.103.pdf

Effective Exercises for Spondylolisthesis Relief

ICICI Lombard

28 Nov 2023 — Gently engage your core muscles to tilt your pelvis upward; now, press your lower back into the floor. Hold for a few seconds, then release.

https://www.icicilombard.com/blogs/health-insurance/mb/best-exercises-for-spondylolisthesis

Physio Network

This trial found that flexion exercises had similar effectiveness to stabilization exercises in terms of pain and disability levels. 

https://www.physio-network.com/research-reviews/low-back/stabilization-exercises-versus-flexion-exercises-in-degenerative-spondylolisthesis-a-randomized-controlled-trial/

Gabapentin for Neuropathic Pain

 

The sufficient total daily dose of gabapentin started at 900 mg at study day 3. The cumulative proportions of patients reporting sufficient analgesia from gabapentin administration in both groups was over 5, 40, 80 and 90% at a total daily dose of 900, 1,200, 1,500, and 1,800 mg, respectively. This means that there was no need to increase the dose of gabapentin over 1,800 mg in more than 90% patients with neuropathic pain. However, there were 3.4% in the TID group and 2.2% in the QID group were non-responders were administrated gabapentin up to 3600 mg, and they also have received neural blockades and spinal cord stimulation after the study.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3726847/

Champion Physiotherapy - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

https://championphysio.in/

49/72-5, Cowley Brown Road,

R S Puram,

Coimbatore-641002.

Tamil Nadu, India.