Anyone who has ever felt a back-pain knows how urgent it is to get relief.

Once you are free of the pain, most people will learn as much as they can about back-pain to try to prevent back problems from arising again.

Back-pains can be different from person to person, type to type, and region to region, like in the upper, middle or lower back. It can be an unbearable constant pain or an acute sudden pain that becomes almost too painful to move. It can start suddenly if you fall, get hurt, or if you lift something very heavy. Or it can get worse progressively with time.

One thing's for sure, pain is memorable, and most people will feel it at some point in their lives.

Let's start with what's a back-pain and how common it can be