My struggle with intense back pain led me through a variety of different therapies, some that worked better than others, but all worth sharing with the hope that one may help you too.

Back pain is one of those ailments that unless you experience it yourself, you don’t fully understand how debilitating it is and how much it permeates throughout your daily routine. It quite literally affects your entire life not to mention your mood (constantly being in pain can lead to constantly being pissed off). You’ve heard of ‘hangry’ - the mood you get when you haven’t eaten in a long time? Someone needs to come up with a term for those of us with back pain. It makes ‘hangry’ look like a trip to Disney World. Some people have back pain and it goes away over time. Some people have it and it never goes away; it’s a constant part of their life that they just have to cope with and manage. I don’t yet know which category I'll fall into but it's been ever present for several years now.

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