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  "id": 12418585,
  "title": "Why chronic low back pain feels 'personal'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/why-chronic-low-back-pain-feels-personal",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T16:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-chronic-pain-personal.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. For people with chronic low back pain (cLBP) lasting more than 12 weeks, a sudden pain flare triggered by movement can often worsen the condition. Pain signals originate in the brain, but scientists still don't fully understand the specific neural circuitry that sparks this…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}