| But there are specific types of pain that can help you | | | | is ongoing and will not improve without some kind of |
| better diagnose how to treat your aching back. For | | | | special medical treatment. |
| instance, when your back is burning, it's likely nerve | | | | No matter what kind of pain it is, though, back pain is a |
| damage has been done. This type of pain is called | | | | big problem in America and a big money maker for the |
| neuropathic. When pain reverberates as a dull | | | | medical profession. According to the Web site |
| sensation, this is called nociceptive pain, typically | | | | back.com, low back pain is the most prevalent kind of |
| brought on by outside forces like arthritis. | | | | disability for people under the age of 45, with $16 billion |
| Then there are the kinds of pain that you're probably | | | | dollars spent annually on its management (half of which |
| more familiar with: acute and chronic. When back pain | | | | is spent on surgical procedures)! And treating chronic |
| is chronic, the ongoing pain can render you unable to | | | | pain (not to be confused with chronic back pain) costs |
| perform daily activities without experiencing some kind | | | | an annual rate of $100 billion in medical costs! |
| of dull, sharp or numb feeling in a variety of areas. The | | | | The electronic manual will help you put a stop to back |
| key word, of course, is that the pain is ongoing, not | | | | pain through the information it offers. Among the things |
| intermittent like acute pain often is. To be specific, | | | | you'll learn in this manual on how to treat back pain |
| acute back pain is usually a sharp pain, intermittent | | | | naturally will include a frank discussion on what causes |
| (though not always) and is more severe in one area of | | | | back pain, who is at risk for chronic back pain, how |
| the back than in another (e.g. It's painful in the lower left | | | | water affects your back, the best kinds of posture |
| region of the back, but just fine in the lower right | | | | positions (both sitting and standing) that won't put |
| region). The main difference between chronic and | | | | stress on your back, stretching exercises designed to |
| acute, however, is acute back pain lasts a relatively | | | | promote a healthy back, what specific pain sensations |
| short period of time (6-8 weeks), whereas chronic pain | | | | mean (tingling, for example) and much, much more! |