Up to 80 percent of the US population will experience back pain at some point during their lives. Most often, the problem is mechanical in nature: the result of poor posture, repetitive movements, or incorrect lifting, for instance (as opposed to resulting from injury, infection, or serious diseases, like cancer).
If you visit a conventional physician for back pain (which is actually the second most common reason for doctor visits, outnumbered only by upper respiratory infections), you'll most likely be offered only a superficial treatment.
