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Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of lumbar manipulation on postnatal low back pain. Forty postnatal women complained from low back pain (diagnosed by a gynecologist/ orthopaedist) from Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo university participated in this study. Their ages ranged from 20 to 40 years old. They were divided randomly into two groups equal in number, according to their ages group (A) from 20 to 30 years old and group (B) from 30 to 40 years old, group (A) treated by core stability exercise only while group (B) treated by core stability exercise and lumbar manipulation sessions. The results of this study showed that, there was a statistically significant increase (P < 0.01) in back range of motion (using inclinometer and schober test) and there was a statistically significant decrease (P < 0.01) in pain intensity (using VAS and serum cortisol level) in both groups after treatment. When comparing both groups, there was a significant difference between both groups (favouring group B). So that, it could be concluded that the lumbar manipulation was very effective in reducing postnatal low back pain and increasing back range of motion