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Fact or Fiction when it comes to lower back pain?

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Many of us at some point will experience lower back pain. The statistics are quite sobering with 80% of people suffering a bout of back pain at some point in their lives. This indicates that back pain is actually very common and normal. What is not normal however is being unable to recover from your back pain. Acute back pain is mostly the result of strains and sprains and as a result the prognosis is very encouraging with many people recovering fully within the first three months. Why a small majority of back pain sufferers fail to recover within this...

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Fact or Fiction when it comes to lower back pain?

Posted by Kevin Coneely on

 80% of people experience back pain at some point in their lives indicating back pain is very common and normal. What is not normal however is being unable to recover from back pain. Acute back pain is mostly results from strains and sprains and as a result prognosis is very encouraging with many people recovering fully within the first three months. Why a small majority of back pain sufferers fail to recover within this period is more complex and is currently one of the most researched topics in science. New evidence is constantly being uncovered so it is important to...

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