Chronic Back Pain Limitations

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==== ==== It would seem that we share a common problem. Chronic Lower Back Pain. I have suffered with this problem since my mid 20's when I was in the back seat of a car driven by a friend on the Massachusetts Turnpike AKA I90 on an Icy afternoon in the mid 1980's. I had my seatbelt on and we were not going that fast especially considering the deteriorating road conditions. We were travelling maybe 35 to 40 MPH Westbound toward NY, about average speed for the traffic that crappy day. I was belted in the middle of the back seat looking forward and felt the car start to fishtail a bit. Before we knew what hit us, we were spinning around and around with a Tractor Trailer heading right at us from the rear and lord knows those things do not stop well. Add to the equation, a steep embankment on the left shoulder. Well the lesser of 2 evils in our case was to spin right off the left shoulder, over the snow bank that was like a lauch ramp and down the bank. Well around and around we spun until we came to an abrupt halt as the airborn car landed at the bottom of the embankment and we hit so hard that I thought my tailbone was being driven into my throat. It all happened so fast that I did not even have time to condider how to lessen the severity of the accident by bracing myself. Long story short I cracked my spine and severly damaged my tailbone. It hurt and it hurt bad for a long time. Back then they used screws and rods and performed fusions to attempt a back repair like mine and I have been in severe pain for going on 30 years now UNTIL FINALLY SOMETHING THAT HELPED. Click on the LINK HERE and I PROMISE IF YOU SUFFER WITH SEVERE OR EVEN MILD BACK PAIN, you will be thanking me for writing these articles and showing you the LINK. YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE and if it doesn't help you then just ask for your money back, they are good folks and they do not expect you to keep something that does not work for you. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN!!!! http://99a945pj62cvh6a7gdjjqh3w64.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=BACKHELP ==== ====

Thousands and thousands of people annually seek medical care for back pain. For some, the pain is gone within 6 weeks. For others, it becomes chronic back pain. Chronic back pain affects individuals in various ways. Most make repeated visits to physicians, seeking relief. They want to know what causes their chronic back pain. They want new tests. They want to try whatever treatment may be available. Chronic back pain sufferers may report difficulty in performing normal daily activities. They may believe the pain is increasing. They may simply want someone to sympathize, and agree that it is not "all in your head" at all. Although back pain is the main reason people visit orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons, and the second main reason they visit primary care physicians, an estimated 5 to 10 percent of those visitors will receive no cure. They will go from low back pain to chronic back pain. Patients are frustrated because physicians do not cure back pain. Physicians are frustrated because they cannot cure low back pain. Many think they can do little to prevent occasional severe back pain from becoming chronic back pain.

If nothing is done, however, chronic back pain limitations can seriously impinge on daily activity. Possible Limitations A look at possible chronic back pain limitations reveals a long list. There are limitations placed by a physician, but there are many more limitations that patients place on themselves. They may include physical limitations, emotional limitations, or mental limitations. Of the many chronic back pain limitations we can discuss only 7 here. 1. Depression: One of the most common limitations of chronic back pain, depression affects everyone involved in the daily life of the sufferer. The type of depression experienced by sufferers of chronic back pain is not simply a matter of feeling sad or "down at the heels" for a day or so. "Major depression" and "clinical depression" are the terms used for this kind of depression. When chronic back pain limitations include a major depression, the person feels emotionally miserable everyday for at least two weeks. He or she also may have unexplained crying spells; major appetite changes; fatigue, sleep problems; agitation; and thoughts of death or suicide. There may be little interest in activities that were normally enjoyable. 2. Social Activity: A second of the chronic back pain limitations reported is that of social activity. People suffering chronic back pain become reluctant to attend parties and other social functions. They may curtail recreational activities or outings with the family. 3. Work Time: Those who suffer chronic back pain are also more likely to take off more work time. Statistics show that back pain causes the loss of more than 83 million days of work time each year due to back pain. 4. Job Loss: Since it often means lost work time, another of chronic back pain limitations is job loss. Too many lost days, or poor performance due to chronic back pain, can result in replacement. 5. Work Ability: Chronic back pain is a leading cause of work limitations. Back pain limits workers' ability to lift, carry, and perform other duties that are required. It places restrictions on workers, and narrows the job field for many people. 6. Low Pay: Chronic back pain limitations include financial limits for some. Those who are limited in work by chronic back pain earn, on average, only two-thirds the amount of those without back pain. 7. Housework: One of the largest limitations of chronic back pain appears to hit normal activities associated with housework, gardening, and lawn work. Patients with back pain that lasted more than 60 days often report they are no longer able to do any gardening, lawn work, or normal cleaning activities such as vacuuming, mopping floors, etc. Clinically Proven Limitations For the patient, it is difficult to believe that chronic back pain limitations are often unnecessary.

They continue to believe that the pain has a cause that can be readily diagnosed, despite their physician's repeated assurances to the contrary. They believe the physician can find a medical sure for their back pain if pressed often enough and hard enough. As for treatment, patients often believe that until the cure is found, the best treatment is bed rest and limited activity. The result of such beliefs is that back pain that could initially be resolved with exercise becomes chronic back pain. Chronic back pain that might still be resolved if the patient were to exercise regularly gradually develops and produces chronic back pain limitations. TIP: Back pain is very, very common in our society. Rather than let it lead to complications and limitations, you may want to ask your physician for gentle exercises that may resolve your back pain before it becomes chronic.

©2007, Anna Hart. Anna herself is a back pain sufferer, and can sympathize with your problem. She invites you to read more of her articles about back pain at http://www.backpainreliefblog.com Anna has posted additional information on that site about chronic back pain, and articles that describe back pain exercises you can do at home. Pay Anna a visit now.

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