Back Pain: The Price We Pay For Being Human

By Jody Smith HERWriter

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Protect Your Back

Take care of your back. Strengthen it and keep it flexible with regular exercise. Be aware of your posture, sitting and standing tall. Do any lifting in the proper way so as not to strain those precious back muscles.

Our spines are strong. They help us lift and carry burdens. But they're also fragile. It takes so little to herniate a disk, break a bone, or suffer nerve damage. Our spines are right at the center of our universe.

Sources:

Degenerative Disk Disease

http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2007-mchi/4096.html

Herniated disk

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000442.htm

Hip fracture

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hip-fracture/ds00185/dsection=treatments-and-drugs

Low Back Pain

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/backpain/detail_backpain.htm

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