Chronic low back pain – a vicious cycle of pain

       With the developed muscles of the low back, numerous nerve fiber structures, a heavy spinal load, and a large range of motion, minor pain can easily cause the vicious cycle shown in the above pictures to the point of chronic pain.  For this type of pain, it cannot be treated with simple analgesia, and the vicious cycle of pain needs to be blocked at the root in order to better relieve the pain. Ni Bing, Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University