SOME FACTS In 1998…..

• MORE THAN 16 MILLION PEOPLE SUFFER FROM SOME FORM OF BACK PAIN
• 8 MILLION HAD BACK PAIN THAT LASTED MORE THAN 4 WEEKS
• 2.5 MILLION SUFFERED BACK PAIN THROUGH THE YEAR
• IT COST THE NATION £6,000,000,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS AND TIME LOST AT WORK
• OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE SUFFERED BACK PAIN AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY AT WORK
• 31% OF CALL CENTER OR COMPUTER WORKERS EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN
• 57% OF SUPERMARKET EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN
• PEOPLE DRIVING OVER 25,000 MILES PER ANNUM TOOK AN AVERAGE 22 DAYS OFF
  WORK THROUGH BACK PAIN

FOR TRAIN DRIVERS THAT FIGURE WAS OVER 40 DAYS