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January 8, 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
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