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Persistent Lower Back Pain

Persistent lower back pain is defined as pain that continues for 12 weeks or longer, even after an initial injury or underlying cause of acute low back pain has been treated. About 20 percent of people affected by acute low back pain develop chronic low back pain with persistent symptoms at one year. Even if…

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Acute Low Back Pain

What is acute Low Back Pain? Most people will have at least one episode of acute low back pain in their lifetime. Sometimes acute episodes start for no reason. You can even just wake one morning with back pain! But don’t worry, acute back pain will usually settle quickly. For the vast majority of people,…