Good news for back pain patient,A study, published online in BMJ, included 973 people in Sydney, Australia who sought care for a new case of low back pain.
Nearly a third of the patients -- 35% -- had recovered completely at nine months; 42% had recovered completely within a year after their back pain began.
Who didn't recover from back pain within a year?
(1)have taken sick leave for back pain in the past
(2)have had higher levels of disability or intense back pain when their back pain began
(3)have lower levels of education, to consider themselves at high risk of persistent pain
(4)be from another country.
So,what do you think about yourself?While these findings seem encouraging, much longer follow-up of patients with chronic low back pain is needed in order to learn more about how different patterns emerge and in what order, and why some people recover while others have episodic pain for years or long-term constant pain.
Source:www.webmd.com/back-pain/news/20091006
