While more than 2.5m people in the UK suffer with back pain, there is little evidence linking the condition with slouching or bad posture.
Do you slouch over your computer screen? Stand with your hips tilted forward and your stomach sitting out? Do people tell you to “sit up straight or you’ll get backache?” More than 2.5 million people in the UK have back pain each day – costing £22bn annually – so should we all be sitting up a little straighter?
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Category Archives: Low back pain
Blame it on the weather?
The weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis, new research reveals. It’s long been thought episodes of both back pain and arthritis can be triggered by changes in the weather, including temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and precipitation.
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Relationship between depression and low back pain
For a long time it has been known that there is a relationship between depression and low back pain. However, recent research on 2500 twins it was found that common genetic links are the biological processes for pain rather than depression being the cause.
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Physical and psychosocial factors increase risk of low back pain onset
New research reveals that physical and psychosocial factors can increase the risk of low back pain onset. Being engaged in manual tasks involving awkward positions will increase the risk of low back pain by eight times. However the greatest danger is for those who are distracted during activities or fatigued!
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New Research identifies risk factors for low back pain
New research identifies nicotine dependence, obesity, alcohol abuse and depressive disorders as risk factors for low back pain, a common condition causing disability, missed work, high medical costs and diminished life quality.
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Osteopathic manipulative therapy decreased post-partum low back pain
German researchers found osteopathic manipulative therapy decreased post-partum low back pain by over 70 percent in women who had given birth at least three months before beginning treatment.
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