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Staying active The best way to recover from the most common kinds of back pain, the mechanical sort, is to stay as active as possible, even though it hurts. Studies show that people with a new or recurrent episode of pain who followed this advice had significantly less pain... Read More →

How people experience back and back-related leg pain varies—not only from person to person, but sometimes from episode to episode. Although repeat episodes tend to be similar, they can be quite different and in that case, your treatment may be very different as well. But even... Read More →

If this is your first episode of back or back related leg pain and it has been present for more than a few weeks or if you have a particular reason to be worried about your symptoms such as a known history of osteoporosis, you should check with your health care provider. This... Read More →