Before you turn to prescription painkillers and muscle relaxers for your aching back, try these helpful hacks first! If you woke up with a stiff and sore back this morning, you are far from alone. More than 80 percent of us experience low back pain at some point in our adult lives, and more than 264 million work days are lost to this common malady in just one year, making it the second most common disability. For 1 in 5 of us, that back pain becomes chronic. Unfortunately, mainstream medicine has few successful answers to this common problem. According to a study done of more than 1400 patients, after 2 years only 26 percent of people who had back surgery were able to return to work, compared to 67 percent of patients who chose not to have the surgery. This translates to a 74 percent failure rate for back surgery! If that isn’t enough …