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Do you get more back pain as you get older?
It’s a commonly held belief that we tend to get more back pain as we get older. But is this true? Some Scandinavian researchers had a look at this belief. They studied 12 research papers that looked at sub-groups of patients where there was a significant proportion of older patients. Interestingly, they found that there was […]
Causes of back pain
A recent article in Spine journal (July 01 2012) by Matsudeira and colleagues highlights an issue that chiropractors come across regularly in practice: that monotonous tasks and interpersonal stress at work are significant factors in the prediction of LBP at work. Other factors include previous episodes of low back pain and frequent lifting.