Questionnaire

What's Holding You Back?

Most Canadians will experience back pain at some point in their lives.Left untreated, back pain can seriously impact daily living, yet almost 15% of Canadians report that they do nothing to treat their back pain, while almost 50% treat the symptoms, not the cause.

Are you holding back from taking control of your back pain?
Take this quiz and find out.

1.	Do you experience recurring back pain that comes and goes every month?	YES	NO
2.	Do you experience daily or weekly back pain?	YES	NO
3.	Do you miss out on sports or physical activities as a result of back pain?	YES	NO
4.	Do you believe there is no effective treatment for back pain?	YES	NO
5.	Are you concerned that treatment for back pain might not be covered by your benefits plan or provincial health?	YES	NO
6.	Have you taken pain reliever for more that three days in a row to treat back pain?	YES	NO
7.	Are you worried about what a diagnosis might mean if you visit a health professional?	YES	NO
8.	Do you hope that your back pain will go away on its own?	YES	NO
9.	Are you too busy to seek treatment for you back pain?	YES	NO
10.	Do you just tough it out when you experience back pain?	YES	NO

If you answered "yes" to four or more of the questions or "yes" to question s 9 or 10, you are probably avoiding dealing with back pain that is limiting your life.So, if you experience back pain that restricts your activities and lasts for more than three or four days, stop holding back and visit a health professional.

Current thinking suggests that a multi-modal approach is the best to tackle uncomplicated back pain.A combination of specific therapeutic exercise and manual therapy such as adjustment, together with minimizing or eliminating the triggers of your pain are often successful in getting patients back to normal.

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The Hill Times, July 2005. What's Holding You Back. The Canadian Chiropractic Association (August 2007). www.ccachiro.org