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Low-Back Pain Through the Ages

Since ancient times, people have suffered from low-back pain. This is because the low back bears most of the body’s weight.

The low back also carries the stress of daily living, poor posture, lack of regular exercise, overeating, and poor body mechanics.

Most low-back discomfort is not serious. Rather, it reflects only minor injury, too much exertion, or normal aging. Sadly, when our backs have had enough, they cannot take a break. Their work goes on, even when they hurt. We often ignore the warning signs of acute back pain (short-term pain lasting hours or days) and do not give our backs proper care. This can result in chronic back pain (long-term pain lasting months or years).

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