Sciatica & Back Pain Symptoms & Basic Treatment Information

Here is a selection of information and articles to help you learn the basics about your back and understand the causes of siatica and back pain and how you can stop it.

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We believe that prevention is the best cure and regular exercise combined with a good diet is the best prevention. There are many exercises to strengthen and loosen your back and the surrounding muscles that support it.

You don't have to be superwoman or a gymnast to do them either. For example taking a regular walk - ideally 15-30 minutes every day or at least 3-4 timrd per week is a great exercise for your back. Find out more about sciatica exercises.

• Back Injury
  
  Around 60 - 80% of people are affected by low back pain at some point in their life. It is one of the leading causes of absence from work as the person suffering may feel completely incapacitated. Back pain can be caused by any number of injuries and can even be the result of poor posture or sitting awkwardly at your desk.
• Backpain And Accidents In The Workplace
  
  Four out of five people today suffer from back problems and back pain is the biggest cause of sickness from work, so why are we not more proactive about it? (It's costing us billions), I would suggest the figures are similar in other westernised countries.
• Back Basics - Learn How Your Back Works & How To Stop Siatica & Back Pain
  
  Do You Have Back Pain Most Of The Time? What you need to do first of all is to: (a) understand what things are likely to cause you back pain in the first place and (b) learn how your back works and what you can do to strengthen your back, avoid injury and stay pain free.
• Back Pain And The Disability System - A First Person Perspective
  
  One of the most commonly listed impairments on social security disability and ssi disability applications is lower back pain. Why is this condition so "common"? Well, it's simply due to the way humans are built. The lower back area (particularly L5-S1) is the point at which we bend to pick up things and we often use it as a fulcrum to lift heavy objects. Unfortunately,
• Coping With Lower Back Pain And Sciatica
  
  Lower back pain is a problem many people the world over often come to endure to some degree. For some it is a source of constant pain and agony, while for others it is a problem which comes and goes without too much suffering. One of the biggest problems is trying to convince your doctor just how much pain you are in . . .
• Low Back Pain
  
  About 85 percent of the population will experience disabling low back pain at least once during their lives! Thats almost all of us. The problem is so bad that at any one time, according to one researcher,...
• Pregnancy and Back Pain
  
  Whether you are pregnant for the first time, or expecting the latest addition to your family, this special time in your life requires the best care for you and your baby. However, for more than half of all pregnant women, low-back pain is inevitable. Many women also experience headaches, sciatica, varicose veins, carpal tunnel syndrome and muscle cramps.