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This is my favorite back pain story to share with patients. It puts into perspective how health problems show up in our life but we\u2019re not sure where they came from. Nonetheless, whether those problems are big or small, there\u2019s almost always a reason.<\/p>\n

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The back pain story has two versions.<\/h4>\n

The first describes an obvious and known reason for our health problem, like back pain. While the second back pain story denotes a less obvious or more gradual onset of our health problem.<\/p>\n

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If you live in a region with a four-season climate, you\u2019ll get this back pain story for sure. The winter season brings with it freezing and thawing that can cause trouble for our roads. Quite often, that includes potholes. Those potholes are lurking dangers just waiting for our unsuspecting vehicles to come by.<\/p>\n

One day, you may be driving down the road and hit one of those potholes. If that pothole is big enough, or your car\u2019s parts are old enough, or some combination of the two, it could come to a disastrous end requiring a tow truck. And, you know it\u2019s going to cost a lot and take too long to fix! A major inconvenience, but so it goes.<\/p>\n

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This kind of cause-and-effect scenario is like walking down the street and stepping into that pothole. You roll over on your ankle and it gets sprained, instant pain! This makes sense to us, and we don\u2019t question what happened or why, and we know it\u2019s going to take a while to get fixed.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re not happy with the pain or the frustration, but we\u2019re forced to allow our body to heal. Maybe with some treatment and by following the right steps, we can at least speed up the results and ensure a good outcome.<\/p>\n

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This is like lifting something too heavy, lifting something wrong, slipping on the ice and falling, or some other accident that causes back pain. We have a clear idea of what happened and why we\u2019re sore. Then, we must go through the healing process, but we get it.<\/p>\n

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In another relatable back pain story…<\/h4>\n

You may be driving down the road and you hit one of those potholes. Then you feel the jarring impact, but you keep driving and everything seems OK. To be sure, you give the car a quick steer to the left and right and you don\u2019t feel any issue. So away you go.<\/p>\n

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Months later, you may be driving down the highway and you feel the car pulling to one side or the other, which doesn\u2019t seem right. You take the car to the mechanic, and he finds that you have uneven wear on your tires, so you need the wheels aligned. So you pay the relatively small price for the repair and away you go; everything feels OK again.<\/p>\n

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Until a few months later, the same thing happens again. Back to the mechanic you go. Same story…same repair. Good for another number of kilometers. By the time you go back for the 3rd<\/sup> or 4th<\/sup> time, maybe even after having to replace the tires themselves because of the uneven wear-and-tear, you, and the mechanic, surmise that maybe something else is going on here.<\/p>\n

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After some investigation…<\/h4>\n

The mechanic finds that one of the ball joints and\/or one of the universal joints in the steering mechanism or tire support system is worn out. The mechanic mentions that you\u2019re lucky that the part didn\u2019t break while you were driving as it could have led to an accident.<\/p>\n

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While some parts may be worn-and-torn over time, you\u2019re thinking the car is not that old. You don\u2019t drive it unreasonably, so how could that part possibly be damaged? Then, somewhere in the back of your mind, you remember the pothole.<\/p>\n

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After hitting the pothole, that part got jarred. It was not bad enough to cause any issues in the moment or completely break the part, but when left there over time with general use, it did stress the part. A stressed part does not function like a healthy part, it is dysfunctional. This affected the alignment of the wheels and led to the uneven wear pattern and the pulling you felt while driving.<\/p>\n

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Now the mechanic replaces the part, fixes the cause and source of the problem. With some regular maintenance you will hopefully never experience that issue again\u2026barring any future potholes!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to get through life without a few potholes along the way regarding our health. This will likely impact YOUR back pain story. The list of things that can cause negative changes to our parts is extensive.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s just a sampling:<\/h4>\n

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