Well, I am going to offer a different view.
I think this article is rather misleading.
It mentions 'lower back pain' as being very widespread and affecting huge numbers of people.
Then it goes on to sing the praises of a specific treatment for a specific issue.
Fine, if you have been diagnosed with that particular issue, then this could be WONDERFUL for you.
But implying that vast numbers of ppl 'with lower back pain' will be helped by this specific treatment is bad journalism.
(in my case, I have lower back pain from an unstable sacroileac joint. So while I am delighted for anyone who will benefit from this new treatment, it won't be me)
There are many, many reasons why ppl get lower back pain, from fallen arches, to bad posture, to muscle strain, to spinal curvature, and so on... I'm guessing they won't be helped either.
I was also pretty horrified by the video interview. obviously someone who thinks they know about back pain, and obviously someone who hands out terrible advice to people like me on a daily basis. Take pain killers. If it is hurting less, don't bother your doc. Rely on pain killers.
My doc never even examined me when I turned up in his surgery with a new and v painful lower back.
'Rest it and take anti-inflammatories' he said.
Two years later, after chronic pain off and on for the whole of that time, I went to a chiropractor. Who actually examined me.
'You have a displaced sacroiliac joint. I can put it straight back into place (he did. It took 5 minutes), but it has been out for so long, it is now unstable and you may have problems further down the line.'
And I do.
I now displace it sitting in a chair and bending to pick something of the floor, or twisting to open a low kitchen cupboard. I can't carry a shopping bag on one side, I have to weight myself equally with a bag in each hand, or - you've guessed it - it pops out of place as I walk from the shop to the car. I am in pain on most chairs.
I am also able to click it back into place, myself, sitting on a dining chair and twisting.
The pain is chronic, with occasional agony.
Great fun.
And each time it goes out of place it reinforces the instability.
Exercise is great for it. But it has to be EXACTLY the right exercises, done with infinitesimal escalations, over time, or I do more harm than good.
Moral of the story: Don't wait and hope it will get better. Don't rely on painkillers until it seems to go away. Go to someone who cares enough to give you a proper diagnosis. And please recognise that leaving something until it is chronic is NOT always the best option.