The management goals when treating back pain are to achieve maximal reduction in pain intensity as rapidly as possible; to restore the individual's ability to function in everyday activities; to help the patient cope with residual pain; to assess for side-effects of therapy; and to facilitate the patient's passage through the legal and socioeconomic impediments to recovery. For many, the goal is to keep the pain to a manageable level to progress with rehabilitation, which then can lead to long term pain relief.  Also, for most people the goal is to use non-surgical therapies to manage the pain and avoid major surgery, but for others surgery may be the quickest way to feel better. Not all<unk> s work for all conditions or for all individuals with the same condition, and many find that they need to try several<unk>  options to determine what works best for them. The present stage of the condition (acute or chronic) is also a determining factor in the choice of<unk> . Only a minority of back pain patients (most estimates are 1% - 10%) require surgery.
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