If you have lower back pain that has been triggered within the year, don’t despair. There’s a good chance that you may recover and not be left with chronic back pain.
Researchers in Australia found that 35% of people with chronic lower back pain will recover within nine months while 41% will recover within one year. The results of their study was published in the on-line journal, BMJ.
The study involved 400 patients who were followed throughout the year by telephone interviews. The patients were asked about pain levels, what they were and weren’t able to do, and if they had returned …read more

Cymbalta (duloxetine) is an antidepressant medication that has also been found to help manage some types of chronic pain, such as the nerve pain from diabetic neuropathy. This isn’t to infer that the chronic pain is in your mind, not at all. What has happened is that the actions of Cymbalta not only are on what causes depression, but may work on what causes chronic pain.
People who live with chronic lower back pain understand all too well what it’s like not to be believed half the time and not to be able to control the pain much of the time. …read more