At some point in their lives, 85% of the US population will experience back pain. That means nine out of ten people experience back pain at some point in their lives – causing 93 million workdays to be lost annually. Acute lower back pain is the fifth leading cause of physician’s visits nationwide and is the leading cause of disability for people under 45 years of age.
This epidemic is enormous. It is a 44 billion dollar industry which is the leading cause of workmen’s' compensation. As a back pain chiropractic specialist in Vero Beach Florida, I have seen back pain cause enormous suffering for people and their families.
Back pain is often caused by different factors and may originate from the nerves, joints, muscles, bones, or other parts of the spine. 5-10 percent of the back pain that people experience becomes chronic.
Chronic back pain means that pain becomes constant and intermittent.
There are many ways to treat chronic back pain, and most people often resort to surgeries, often thinking that this is the fastest way to go. Surgeries in the U.S are approaching 500,000 per year. Aside from being invasive and very expensive, many of these surgeries are unsuccessful and the back pain returns or becomes worse.
Most surgeries are actually unnecessary, as technology has brought us many advances in the area of back pain and chiropractic care. Spinal decompression is a safe, non-surgical procedure that has become very popular with a very high success rate.
Preventative back care and wellness is of significant importance and cannot be understated. We must always take good care of our back, and not neglect this. Back pain is a common, treatable condition that does not have to end up with you lying on the operating table.
Ted Perkins is a chiropractic practitioner and back pain specialist in Vero Beach Florida located in Indian River County. He specializes in non - surgical chiropractic wellness and care like Spinal Decompression.
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Ted Perkins
Florida Spine
780 US 1 Suite 201
Vero Beach, FL 32962
772-567-7777
floridaspine2@gmail.com
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