Back pain is a common problem that many people face sometime in their lives. In fact about 75% to 85% of the people experience back pain. Next to common cold it is the most commonly occurring health condition.

Back pain can occur due to over work at either the office front or home front. Manual laborers also suffer from back pain. In fact even housewives suffer from it while performing their daily chores.

Fro the employed, back pain can cause much setback in their work performance. They may not attend office regularly. Naturally, the manager may not like this, although the respective staff member is not to blame for it.

Relief from back is sought from conventional and non-conventional forms of treatment such as acupuncture, massage, traction, ultrasound etc.

Chronic back pain can be difficult to cope up with. One has to learn to live with it. How does one know that the back pain is chronic?

Symptoms of chronic back pain

• Pain or numbness travels down one’s legs or even both the legs.
• Burning pain in the area.
• The back aches.
• Tingling sensation or pain and needles feeling in the legs.
• The pain lasts for a long time.
• One finds it difficult or even unbearable to perform certain jobs. Manual laborers for example find it difficult to lift heavy objects.
• The pain does not get relieved by the use of standard treatment.
• Pain keeps reoccurring.
• One cannot perform daily activities on a regular basis.
• It can have perhaps an ongoing cause such as arthritis.
Back pain normally does not last for a very long time. It goes away within few days or perhaps a week. When it is chronic, then it remains for a longer time.

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