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Back pain affects about 9 out 10 adults at some point in their lives. Learn more about one of the most common forms of pain from diagnosis through treatment.

Learn More About Back Pain

Need to know more about how back pain will affect you or someone you care for? Learn all the basics here:

     » Introduction to Back Pain
     » Back Pain Statistics
     » Back Pain Anatomy
     » Back Pain Risk Factors
     » Natural Course
     » Back Pain Diagnosis
     » Back Pain Diagnostic Tests
     » Back Pain Treatment Pathway

Latest Back Pain Research

Do Stabilization Exercise Programs Help Low Back Pain? Maybe

Over the past 20 years, developing exercises to stabilize the low back region have been the norm...

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Anatomy

by Pio I. Guerrero, Jr., MD

Various structures in the back can cause pain: the vertebrae (bones of the spine), facet joints (joints connecting the back portions of the bones of the spine), intervertebral discs (structures between the bodies of the bones of the spine acting as shock absorbers), ligaments (fibrous tissue attaching a bone to another bone), muscles and nerves.

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