Hey everyone, it\u2019s Dr. Dave. Hopefully you\u2019re all doing well, enjoying your day, and you\u2019re out there creating those great experiences in your life.<\/p>\n
You know what can get in the way of great experience every day? It\u2019s definitely back pain!<\/p>\n
Back pain is not fun. I want you to know that it can be better. That\u2019s the big message for today. If you woke up one morning and you suddenly thought how I got 20 years older, how come I can\u2019t just stand straight, how come every step is an effort, and my back just hurts\u2026. And, you think to yourself, where did this come from, how did this happen, why me, what\u2019s this situation I\u2019m in?<\/p>\n
You Are Not Alone<\/h2>\n
I have to tell you that you\u2019re not alone. About 80 percent of North Americans are going to have back pain at some point in their life and about 40 percent of that 80 are going to have chronic back pain. This means that some component of the back issue is going to persist through their life. That\u2019s about a third of the population that has some kind of back issue that\u2019s just not going away, and that\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want you to be in that portion of that population<\/u>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Back pain can happen for a whole bunch of reasons; it can happen from accidents, car accidents, slip and falls, and sporting accidents. It can happen from other things that are more innocuous like pregnancy, working at a physical laborious job every day, working at a sedentary job every day and then, sometimes, unfortunately, believe it or not, back pain can happen for no reason at all.<\/p>\n It\u2019s probably because you\u2019ve been walking and engaging in things on this earth of ours as a human being. Stuff has just accumulated and the reality is there\u2019s been a lack of maintenance. It\u2019s just happened as a part of your life. Chiropractors want to know what the difference is, have you been working, or haven\u2019t you? What have you been doing, what haven\u2019t you been doing? Because your story is more relevant than your problem or your pain, and because who has the problem is more significant in getting it better than what the actual problem is.<\/p>\n Usually the diagnosis isn\u2019t that challenging, but the prognosis on what\u2019s going to happen is based on you as a person. It\u2019s based on what you bring to the table and what\u2019re you willing to do. Where have you been, where are you now, and where do you want to go? And why is that so valuable, why do chiropractors spend that time? It\u2019s because we want to avoid masking the situation, masking the pain. Temporary short term solutions are just Band-Aids that help you get by while the problem is actually getting worse. Then you end up in that third of the population that has that chronic back pain. Not good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So contrary to popular belief you can be better, you can escape the back pain and it starts with that first step. I don\u2019t like to post a lot of DIY stuff or \u201cdo this stretch\u201d for your back or \u201cbe aware of this\u201d. It\u2019s very valuable and there\u2019s some merit to it, but my concern is that people view that as a solution to their back pain. It quite often helps but it very rarely fixes the cause of the source of the problem. Without examining you, without sitting down with you, without knowing your story, I don\u2019t want to provide that advice or direction, without you being really clear that maybe you\u2019re just doing some relief stuff but you\u2019re not actually fixing or correcting the problem. Are you making it as good as you want it to be, because maybe we don\u2019t have all that information?<\/p>\n So that first step starts with contacting a chiropractor, making an appointment, doing the consult, doing the exam and only then you can really discover what options you have that are individualised and personalised to you to get you out of that back pain.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re ready for some fun, you want to be pain free, you don\u2019t want to be in that part of the population as a statistic with the chronic back pain\u2026 then make the call today. Find the chiropractor in your area that you can go see. If your friends and family see somebody, chances are that you\u2019d like them as well, go see them. If you\u2019re in the greater Toronto area and you can make it to Yonge and Bloor, we\u2019d be happy to see you, I\u2019d love to help. See me on social media, find my website, send me an email, give us a call, I\u2019d be happy to talk to you before you come in, but make that first step, reach out, I\u2019d be happy to help.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/qtq80-JU6hoP-300x200.jpeg\" "\\"Back")
Why Do I Have Back Pain?<\/h3>\n
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You Can Be Better…but ask for help.<\/h4>\n