Before you decide to have surgery to ease your back pain, consider that many doctors say that it is ineffective for most types of back pain. If you're bothered by back pain, this information is useful and may save you from creating a worse back pain problem that you have already via the use of surgery.

Key Takeaways:

• Sometime during their lives, up to 80 percent of people will have back pain that lasts more than three days.
• It's important to continue normal daily activities as much as possible. Too much time in bed can result in muscle and spine tightening, he added.
• The first step in treating back pain is understanding it, according to Dr. Gregory Billy, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with Penn State Sports Medicine.

"The first step in treating back pain is understanding it, according to Dr. Gregory Billy, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with Penn State Sports Medicine."

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