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Northshore October 2025
  Your back went out. Again. Maybe it was from lifting that last shovelful of heavy snow. Maybe you bent over to pick up a pen off the floor and didn’t get back up again for three days. Maybe you woke up sore for no good reason at all. Wherever your back pain comes from, rest assured, you’re not alone. According to the National Institutes of Health, about 80 percent of Americans experience lower back pain at some point in their lives. In fact, it’s the most common cause of job-related disability and one of the top reasons people miss work and visit the doctor. “Low back issues are very common,” says
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