Are bones the source of neck or back pain?

Gerald M. Silverman

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Because bone is such a strong and stable structure with a limited nerve supply, it is rarely the site or origin of pain. In fact, in the absence of an uncommon disease or severe direct physical trauma, it is highly unlikely that your neck or lower back pain is coming from your bones at all.

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Pain

Pain is your body telling you that you have hurt it. This is a good thing, important when you are injured. It can also help diagnose problems with your body. Sometimes pain continues long after it's necessary. Amputees report phantom pain in the legs or arms they no longer have. There are different kinds of pain, and describing the type is useful in diagnosis: recurring, constant, steady, knife-like, radiating, sharp, dull. Medicines that dull pain are analgesics. Those that kill all feeling are anesthetics.

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