Back injuries cost over $12 billion dollars a year in worker's compensation claims in this country. When one sustains an injury to the back or muscles it can take weeks, months or even years depending on the extent of the injury, for the body to get back to normal. Back pains can be debilitating at times.
Some people believe that a week of rest and you'll be okay. But that's not the truth. It's been said that for every week of bed rest, it takes two weeks to rehabilitate. That sounds about right to me when I think about my husband's back problems. I believe that only those that have actually had back and muscle problems themselves or attended to someone with back problems can fully understand the agony of back problems.