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Back pain is highly complex. Sometimes there are obvious causes such as a slipped disc. But other times the medical profession can be confused and make middiagnoses.

One of these cases is when someone gets what appears to be a “pulled” or strained muscle in the lower back, either on the left or the right hand side.

I, myself, used to suffer from these. At first, the doc just advised to apply warm compresses to the area to help with the pain.

But then I would get this back pain more often. It seemed as if I was pulling a muscle every two days. Surely there was something else happening here?

I decided to see the doc again who referred me to a specialist. Immediately the specialist diagnosed a rare condition where the tiny muscles surrounding the spine were out of balance. This was causing me to feel as if I had a much larger pulled muscle on a regular basis.

I had around 12 weeks of intense physio twice per week. Using electrodes on my skin, we were able to monitor my muscle strength which improved greatly.

The results were outstanding. From feeling pain regularly every week, I now have no back pain whatsoever.

This is why it is important to explore all avenues when getting a diagnosis for chronic back pain – at the very least, get referred to a specialist or consultant.