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IS IT BACK PAIN OR SCIATICA?
Does lifeever feel likeone large pain in theback? Back pain is difficult to deal with onadailybasis,yet forsomanypeople, this isa total reality.Bycertainestimates, as many as 85 percent of adults in the United States struggle with back pain at somepoint intheir lives.Themostcommontypeofbackpainexperienced is inthe lowerback,and itcanhappenforanyvarietyofreasons.Being inacaraccidentcan causeyou toexperience lingeringbackpain foryearsafter theaccident.Accidents at work can lead to similar consequences. But sometimes the cause of your back pain isn’tasstraightforward.Backpaincanalsodevelopforanynumberofcommon reasons — things that you do every day without thinking twice. An old desk chair thatdoesn’tprovidemuch lumbarsupportcantake itstollovertime,ascanwearing shoes that don’t have much support, or even gaining weight, particularly around the stomach area. Too many people consider back pain a normal experience of their lives and don’t immediately seek support that could make the pain an issue of the past. Working with a physical therapist is, hands down, the best thing that you can do when you are looking to overcome back pain. A physical therapist can identify the cause of thebackpainandpresentyouwithhelpfulstrategiesthatcanstrengthenyourback and reduce theseverityofyourpain.Physical therapy forbackpainoften includes acombinationoftargetedmassage,flexibilityandrangeofmotiontraining,muscle building,andtargetedstretchingtechniques.Usingthesestrategies incombination
with anti-inflammatory medication, as recommended by your physician, is often consideredthemost-efficientapproachtohandlingbackpainand isrecommended by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. UNDERSTANDING BACK PAIN Being educated about your back pain can help you make the right choices to overcome it as quickly as possible. One of the biggest problems with back pain is that it lingers. This leads many people to deal with back pain for years on end without seemingly any end in sight. While there is back pain that develops as a result of strain or sprain, there is also something called low back degenerative disc disease, which happens when the discs in your spine weaken.This frequently develops as a result of repetitive back injury and can also develop as a result of age. With degenerative disc disease, the space between the discs begins to collapse and become unstable and will cause back pain to develop. When you work with a physical therapist to overcome back pain as a result of degenerative disc disease, your physical therapist will begin by strengthening core muscle groups, which includes the abdominal wall, and will provide you with targeted massage and stretching techniques to alleviate pain.
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