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COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s the midway point of the city’s annual marathon, 13 miles to go, when I detect a slight tightening in my back. I quickly add the sensation to the list of twinges to monitor: possible blister on left middle toe, ache in left hamstring.

It’s the midway point of the city’s annual marathon, 13 miles to go, when I detect a slight tightening in my back.

As almost every adult American experiences at some time or other, back pain is the pain you fear may never go away, the one that plagues you sleeping or awake, the problem that can stop you in your personal and professional tracks. One man shares his own cautionary tale.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS COLUMBUS, Ohio - It’s the midway point of the city’s annual marathon, 13 miles to go, when I detect a slight tightening in my back. I quickly add the sensation to the list of twinges to monitor: possible blister on left middle toe, ache in left hamstring.

(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Associated Press writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins, who has suffered back pain since 2002, exercises his back Friday, March 9, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. Back pain is the leading cause of disability in people under the age of 45 and the third-leading cause in people older than that, after cancer and heart problems.

It’s the midway point of the city’s annual marathon, 13 miles to go, when I detect a slight tightening in my back.