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- Back pain is the Nation's leading cause
of disability
- Back pain affects men and women of all
ages, even from 16 years old
In 2002 ...
- More than 16 million people suffered from
some sort of back pain
- 8 million had back pain that lasted more
than 4 weeks
- 2.5 million suffered back apin throughout
the year
- It cost the nation £6 000 000 000
in medical bills and time lost at work
- A typical GP practice ( 5 GP's and 10
000 patients) spent on average £ 88 000 treating back pain
- Over 1 million people suffered back pain
as a result of an injury at work
- 31% of call centre or computer workers
experienced lower back pain
- 57% of supermarket employees experienced
lower back pain
- People driving over 25 000 miles per annum
took on average 22 days off work through back pain - For train drivers
the figure was over 40 days
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