10 facts every person should know about back pain
Posted by Nicholas Dang onBecause of social media, there’s a multitude of information circulating out there about back pain.
However, a lot of this information isn’t supported by strong research.
Here are 10 facts every person should know about back pain...
‘Do this to fix your back pain!’
Posted by Nicholas Dang onIf you browse social media, you would have come across many things that claim to ‘fix’ back pain, from self-massage tools and posture correctors to that one magic exercise you ‘need’ to do.
You might then go and buy that brace or try that stretch for a couple weeks and your pain improves… But was it that intervention that helped? And will it last?
Bulges. Degeneration. Wear and tear. Bone on bone. Does pain mean damage?
Posted by Nicholas Dang onIf you’ve ever had pain, then you might’ve had imaging to find out what was going on, such as an X-ray or MRI. You might’ve then found ‘abnormal’ changes in your body. While it can be intuitive that those tissue changes or ‘damages’ are causing your pain, it mightn’t be that simple.