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Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...

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Hi everyone. Just thought I would share that I had an MRI today to try and figure out why I have been in so much pain with my lower back (besides the degenerative discs. what do you think i'll find out and when?
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Possibly a herniated disc L5,S1 maybe. I have that it got so bad it started causing my left leg to hurt. It is pinching a nerve. Boy is that pain. It shouldn't take more than a week at the most for your doctor to have the results.
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