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Page 1 of 7 What is chronic back pain?
 Back pain is a wide-spread problem affecting four out of five American adults sometime during their lives and is one of the most common reasons for healthcare visits and missed work. Symptoms can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp, crippling pain. It can be the result of trauma - a sudden accident, cough/sneeze, sports injury, fall, or lifting something too heavy or improperly – or it can develop slowly, almost imperceptibly as with age-related changes to the spine. Pain may accompany simple movement; jarring movement, such as coughing or sneezing; or with no provocation at all. You may also experience pain, numbness or tingling in your legs often referred to as sciatica. Whatever the cause, when there is recurring or lasting back pain over time it is often referred to as "chronic back pain."
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