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Back Pain Basics

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atlanta chiropractor back painEight out of 10 people in the United States will at one time in their lives suffer from back pain, with only the common cold affecting more people.

Many times the pain is not temporary, leaving an estimated 5.4 million Americans disabled by lower back pain. An astonishing $90 billion in medical and other related costs are spent to address the ailment each year. Those are daunting numbers to be sure, but the good news is that back pain can be prevented, or treated with effective methods of alternative medical treatment, especially chiropractic.

Because 90 percent of all back pain is mechanical—less than 5 percent is caused by nerve root pain—chiropractic offers the most logical solution in treating this ailment. Even chronic pain—any that lasts continually for longer than three months—might not require surgery if treated properly. Avoiding surgery, and pain is always good news!

Whether the pain is caused by injury or disease, focusing on the exact location will affect treatment. Though the term back pain normally refers to low back pain, and is centered in the area known as the lumbar spine, pain can also affect the thoracic spine, with the pain focused in the middle back.

Back pain can be also be categorized as sciatica—an indication that the pain is radiating into the legs possibly even below the knee. Sciatica is associated with a herniated disc than can result in severe leg pain due to the pinching of a nerve in the lower back.

As common as it is, lower back pain is not usually a sign of serious illness. At least half of the people who suffer form back pain at any given time in their lives find relief in less than two weeks, with others healed within eight weeks. Only about 10 percent of back pain cases are caused by a systemic illness.

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