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Article: Back talk: advice for suffering spines. (includes related information)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- April 1, 1989
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BACK TALK: Advice for Suffering Spines
"Some days," says Linda, "my back hurts so much that I can't stand to have clothes touching me."
If misery loves company, Linda's got plenty of it. At least once in their lives, about 80 percent of Americans will experience a bout of low back pain that can range from a dull, annoying ache to absolute agony. According to American Family Physician, on any given day 6.5 million Americans are under some sort of treatment for low back pain.
After headaches, low back pain is the second most common ailment in the United States and is topped only by colds and flu in time lost from work. Low back pain has been ...