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4. What is Pain?
“An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with, or resembling that associated
with, actual or potential tissue damage.”
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
5. About Low Back Pain…..
• Extremely common
• Generally described as pain between the
costal margin and the gluteal folds
• The leading cause of disability and loss of
productivity
