Back Pain Information for Everyone

The BackPainFoundation.Org: Brief informational articles, research information and resources for information on back pain; including causes, symptoms and treatment options.

Back pain has been reported to affect 50 - 80% of the population at one time or the other. It is often described as an aching or burning pain in one area of the back. Often there are secondary pain symptoms in the neck, head, spine, kidney, legs or other parts of the body. As lower back pain is the most common type of back pain in modern societies our initial information concerns it.

There are many purported causes of lower back pain, as well as a wide variety of treatment options for relief and remedy of the symptoms. Low backpain symptoms often happen in specific areas such as the right side or left side or near the kidneys.

Make sure to be as fully informed as possible. And please do not take any information about back pain as the "gospel truth" - including the information on this website.