") loc=""; function tr(b){} function turn_over(name) { if (document.images != null && clicked != name) { document[name].src = document[name+"_over"].src; } } function turn_off(name) { if (document.images != null && clicked != name) { document[name].src = document[name+"_off"].src; } } function reg(gname,name) { if (document.images) { document[name+"_off"] = new Image(); document[name+"_off"].src = loc+gname+gtype; document[name+"_over"] = new Image(); document[name+"_over"].src = loc+gname+"_over"+gtype; } } function evs(name){ return " onmouseover=\"turn_over('"+ name + "')\" onmouseout=\"turn_off('"+ name + "')\""} function writeButton(urld, url, name, w, h, alt, target, hsp) { gname = name; while(typeof(document[name])!="undefined") name += "x"; reg(gname, name); tr(true); document.write(""); if (alt != "") alt = " alt=\"" + alt + "\""; if (target != "") target = " target=\"" + target + "\""; if (w > 0) w = " width=\""+w+"\""; else w = ""; if (h > 0) h = " height=\""+h+"\""; else h = ""; if (url != "") url = " href=\"" + urld + url + "\""; document.write(""); if (hsp == -1) hsp =" align=\"right\""; else if (hsp > 0) hsp = " hspace=\""+hsp+"\""; else hsp = ""; document.write(" "); tr(false); }





May 16, 2004

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Back Pain

  • Four out of five adults will experience low back pain sometime during their lifetime
  • After the common cold problems related to the low back are the most frequent cause of lost workdays in individual over 45 years of age
  • Back pain ranks second to headaches as the most frequent location for pain
  • Greater than 65 million Americans experience back pain every year
  • Back injuries are one of the most common causes for disability
  • The annual costs associated with back pain runs into the tens of billions of dollars considering lost productivity, medical expenses and worker’s compensation benefits