• Back and neck problems usually begin with an acute episode which heals quickly.  

• However, much recent evidence indicates that these problems tend to reoccur, with gradually increasing pain and disability.

• Many studies have found that the best predictor of a new episode of back pain is a previous one.

• It is now understood that back and neck pain are similar to asthma.  

• They are both chronic, intermittent problems that occur periodically over the course of a life time, rather than an acute disease that can be cured. 

         Like asthma, 

         back and neck problems must be managed and kept under control.

• Two-thirds of people who have had back pain in the past are likely to have symptoms every year. 

         There are more than 100 million back pain sufferers a year 

         in the United States.

Muscles which help stabilize the back:

1. Multifidus
2. Quadratus Lumborum