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    HEAD SPACE

    Nov 17, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS BY FELICITY BONELLO

    CHRONIC BACK PAIN has ruled our lives since my husband discovered he had two bulging discs after a snowboarding accident some 11 years ago. He had surgery — a trimming of the discs, if you will — which was initially successful. The pain subsided and all remaining medication was firmly locked away. He returned to work as a builder and life went on. Until intermittently, it didn’t. Every so often, his back would spasm and he’d be overcome with immobilising pain. When he wasn’t able to work, financial burdens would add to the stress. But then, gradually, his pain would subside and he would slowly recover.

    He’s one of more than three million Australians who live with chronic pain, which is defined as pain that lasts

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