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Back pain, and more commonly low back pain, has to be the oldest, if not certainly one of the oldest, occupational health hazards known. And is probably the commonest cause of work related complaints. Figures show that around 15 million people go to their doctor in any one year due to lower back pain, and billions are spent trying to alleviate the problem.No wonder the back pain relief industry is growing by leaps and bounds. People with manual jobs, requiring heavy… We can nearly all of us sympathise when someone says they have back pain. It’s a fact that nearly all of us will suffer from it to some degree or other in our lifetime. backpain can occur almost anywhere along the spine. But the most usual area is the lower back. This takes the most weight and stress in pretty much any activity. Some of the most common causes of back pain are muscle strain and/or bruising; injury or strain to… I have always thought that massage for back pain was underated. OK it doesn’t always help the most severe cases, but I have personally found that episodes of niggly, chronic back pain respond well to massage done properly. This now seems to be borne out in an article on abcnews.go.com. Researchers at the Group Health Research Institute, based in Seattle, used a total of 401 chronic low back pain sufferers in a new study. These patients were divided into three groups…. |
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