Lower Back Pain: Causes Behind It

Suffering from lower back pain is a very common issue for millions of people in the US. At some point in their lives people suffer from lower back pain. Causes behind such pain are several. According to a recent survey in San Diego, US, 80% of the population at some time or other, suffer from acute low back pain. Though exercise therapy is considered as one of the few effective treatments, research studies have also revealed that this remedy is vastly underutilized. From anatomical perspective, the back is divided into two parts- upper back and lower back. The region which is made up of 5 lumbar vertebrae, the sacrum and the coccyx, is called the lower back. The lumbar region supports a good deal of human body's weight. Some of

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