The World Health Organization have officially christened lower back pain ‘a major cause of disability’ across all industrialized nations. The WHO have also stated clearly that back pain is the leading cause of work absence throughout the developed world.
The 2010 ‘Global Burden Of Disease Study’ placed back pain among the ‘10 most impactful conditions to people's overall well-being in developed countries’.
In industrialized societies the lifetime frequency of back pain is estimated at 60-70%.
Studies in the United Kingdom have revealed back pain as being the leading cause of disability in young adults and attributes 100 million lost work days per year in the UK alone.
A survey carried out in Sweden during the 1980’s identified back pain as the cause in 21 of their 28 million total lost work days in Sweden per year.
The US estimate for the financial cost of back pain to society through people missing work alone - is between 100-200 billion dollars per year. *Even allowing for a few mental health days and hangovers being blamed on back pain these numbers should have the power to shock.
Make sure you continue with parts 3, 4 and 5 of this presentation where I analyze the specifics and causes of lower body pains, and some of the methods we use to help you.
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