back pain facts

fast facts:

-About 85% of Americans experience back pain by age 50.
BackDid you know that low back pain is the most common cause of disability in persons under the age of 45 and one of the most common reasons that people seek treatment at a doctor's office?
-For about four out of five people walking into their doctors' offices with low back pain, the cause is unknown.
-problems are the most frequent cause of activity limitations in working-age adults.
-More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20 and 64 experience frequent back pain.
-Two-thirds of American adults will have back pain during their lifetime.
-Back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old.
-Back pain is the second most common reason why people in the United States seek medical care from their primary care physicians.

-Sprain and strain are the most common causes of back and neck pain in children and young adults.

-More than 90% of people with low back muscle strain or sprain recover completely within one month.

-As we grow older, we lose fluid from the outer fibrous annulus of the disc
-When we lose water from these discs, they become brittle and prone to crack, re leasing pain-causing chemicals from the centers of the discs.
-The pressure or leakage from the nucleus of these pain-causing chemicals can cause constant irritation and pain, so-called, discogenic pain.