kids lives, to go to the playground with them, i was never able to do that before. reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. you have back pain pretty often, don t you? i do but it is from a previous injury. it is my sciatic. it is my lower back, like my butt muscles. comes and goes. i m one of the lucky ones. there are americans that have it all the time. do you get back pain? once in a blue moon but it is the second cause of going to the doctor besides upper respiratory infection. so many people have this. anything but to stay off the painkillers, man. you get addicteded to those things. $50 billion a year is spent on chronic back pain to find relief and when you can t find it sometimes you turn to the pills. $35,000 for the operation, though, whoa. a lot of money. if you haven t bought your pumpkin for your jack-o -lantern it may not be too late.
playground with them, i was never able to do that before. reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. you have back pain pretty often, don t you? i do but it is from a previous injury. it is my sciatic. it is my lower back, like my butt muscles. comes and goes. i m one of the lucky ones. there are americans that have it all the time. do you get back pain? once in a blue moon but it is the second cause of going to the doctor besides upper respiratory infection. so many people have this. anything but to stay off the painkillers, man. you get addicted to those things. $50 billion a year is spent on chronic back pain to find relief and when you can t find it sometimes you turn to the pills. $35,000 for the operation, though, whoa. a lot of money. if you haven t bought your pumpkin for your jack-o -lantern it may not be too late. we will have tips for you.