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5 Things About Back Pain That You NEED To Know!

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Release Date: 10/22/2024

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5 Things About Back Pain That You NEED To Know!

Outline:

  1. Back pain is the most common medical complaint, with up to 80% of people in the US reporting back pain at some point in their lives.

    1. You’re in good company. Many times the pain is short term, and even most severe back pain will resolve within 1 year. 

  2. An MRI is not necessarily a great way to determine the cause of your back pain, in and of itself. 

    1. Context is everything. What are the symptoms? When did it start? What makes it better and worse? 

    2. Some have clear MRIs and have severe back pain. Some MRIs show a lot of arthritis or disc problems and the patient has no symptoms.

    3. Get different perspectives on your pain. A surgeon will have a different outlook than a PT.

  3. Disc herniations do not necessarily require surgery, and most do not! Only 10% of these require surgery. So do not buy into the narrative that you MUST have surgery.

  4. “Correct Posture” is not a great way to prevent back or neck pain. 

  5. The fix for most back pain is conservative treatment. 

    1. Get a thorough assessment.

      1. Onset, intensity, specific presentation of symptoms, what makes it better/worse, can it be centralized, what does daily activity look like, what activities are affected, etc.

      2. Treatment will look different for everyone but in general…

        1. Avoiding aggravating factors

        2. Manual therapy and other “feel good” treatment

        3. Introduce low-pain movements and isometrics

        4. Increase loads of the affected areas

        5. Progressively return to normal daily activities

        6. Preventative measures.