Did You Know …
· Low back pain affects approximately 80% of adults at some time during their lives.
· Back symptoms are among the 10 leading reasons for a person to visit an emergency care facility.
· Back pain will become chronic in 5 to 10 percent of those who suffer.
· Back symptoms are the most common cause of disability for persons under the age of 45.
· People who smoke, are obese, depressed, anxious, or have high stress jobs, have a higher incidence of low back pain.
· The back is more vulnerable to injury during the first hour after waking and any time after prolonged periods of sitting or sleeping.
· Most back injuries are not the result of a single activity or exposure to heavy lifting but instead are related to repetitive motion.
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