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General Overview

Back pain is an ache or discomfort in the back and spinal column. Back pain is very common, affecting most adults at some point in their lives.

Common back problems

In depth

Find answers in our in-depth report on low back pain and sciatica:

Diagnostic and surgical procedures

Living with back pain

In her own words: living with sciatica

Managing chronic low back pain

Back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor, and the third most common cause of surgery. Read here to find out what you can do if you suffer from chronic low back pain.

Making sense of sciatica

Sciatica can cause pain anywhere from the lower back, hips or buttocks, all the way down the length of the legs and into the feet and toes. Read here to find out what causes sciatica and how you can find relief.

Chiropractic treatment: what you should know

Read here to find out what you should know about chiropractic treatment.

Preventing back pain

Traveling: it can be a real pain in the neck, the head, the back…

Read here to find out which muscle pains are common why traveling, and how you can help prevent and treat travel-associated aches and pains.

Excercise 101: Back squat using free weights

Use this exercise to develop strength in your legs, hips, and back

A healthy back: protecting your back

One false twist, and you could be flat on your back. Here's what you can do to prevent - or treat - those painful aches and twinges.

Special topics

When Emily's back pack weighs more than she does

Some 10,000 kids between ages five and 14 went to the doctor for backpack-related pain in 1998. What is going on? And what can we do about it?

Related conditions

Related resources

American Chiropractic Association
http://www.amerchiro.org

American Chronic Pain Association
http://www.theacpa.org

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