Why are back problems so notorious for being difficult to treat/cure?

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Seems fairly rare to hear of someone having a knee, etc that bothers them for years provided it’s been properly treated. But hear about “bad backs” that people fight for decades.

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Because walking upright was a major and relatively sudden and recent change in the evolutionary history of our species. The kinks have not been worked out. This is why humans have more back problems than any other species.

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