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If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now About Chronic Back Pain, I’d Have Taken Better Care of My Back!
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


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There were so many things I did to my back as a teenager and young adult. They weren’t intentional, they were all accidents, but if I had known how all those injuries would build up over the years and come back to haunt me, I would have sought immediate treatment. The time I did a flip over a gymnastic horse and landed on my tailbone on the horse and then bounced to the floor on my tailbone, probably helped bring on chronic back pain later in life. And that is just one example; there are plenty of others.

Chronic back pain is typically brought on over years of misalignment that is not treated. This chronic pain has a few telltale signs. The first sign of chronic pain is when it persists for more than three months. It often has a deep aching feel and you may have some numbness and tingling with this type of pain.

Sometimes chronic pain is unresponsive to common forms of medical treatment of
nerve damage or perhaps an old injury did not heal correctly. Successful treatment of chronic back pain is often found in using several types of treatment at once. For example, your doctor may suggest drug therapy along with physical therapy. The first goal in the treatment of chronic back pain is to get you functioning as normally as possible. The second goal should be to prevent recurring problems.

Surgery is an option, but is not the preferred method of treatment. Any decent doctor and surgeon will use back surgery as an absolute last resort in back treatment because of its invasive nature. Most problems can be corrected with conservative treatment so you can avoid surgery.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to seek medical help if you continue to have back problems. A friend of mine walked around for months with a broken back because she did not want to go to the doctor. She had a vertebra that was literally severed in two; the doctor could not believe she was walking. What she got for her stubbornness was surgery and months of recovery.

So heed this advice; if you have recurring back pain go to your doctor so they can help you prevent it from getting worse.



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