Chiltern Osteopathic Practice - Back Pain Statistics
Back Pain Statistics
Here's some background to the back pain problem in the UK.
- Back pain results in over 80 million days off work
- 80% of people will be affected by back pain at some point in their lives
- Back problems occur equally in sedentary work and manual work
- Back problems create 7 million vists to the GP
- Most are in the 16-44 age range
- 33,000 back accidents are related to the workplace
- Problems reoccur in 80% of the cases
- 80% of VDU workers have back problems
According to a recent report, Osteopathy is the most
widely used complementary therapy, with nearly 90% of
patients reporting their condition improved by
Osteopathic treatment.
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