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Pro PT Got the Vaccine!
Patient of the Month Top 3 Mental Health Books to Check Out
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Tasty Thai Fried Rice
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Are You Destroying Your Back By Accident?
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Are You Destroying Your Back By Accident? SURPRISING WAYS YOU COULD BE HURTING YOUR BACK
Does your back hurt? Back pain is something the majority of Americans say they’ve dealt with at one time or another, and a sizable minority have back pain that returns again and again every few months. And yet, despite the common denominator — which is back pain — the people suffering from chronic back pain may not have much in common. That’s because there are many types of back pain and many things that can cause it, from an acute trauma to a long-standing injury that never healed correctly. To start, when you hear “back pain,” you could be talking about a spot right at the base of your spine or a spot 14 inches away! So, right away, we can see that “back pain” is an imprecise term at best — it covers your spine, your ribs, large muscle groups, and so on. All of these disparate parts come together in your back, and damage to one of them can affect the rest. Pull a muscle in your shoulder, and you might tweak something in your lower back because you’re carrying yourself differently due to the pain. In addition, there are some activities that have a surprising effect on the health of your back. And we do mean surprising: Did you know, for example, that having a weak core group makes back injuries more likely
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