Low Back Pain Problems

Facts & Figures:

	In the United States, the incidence of low back pain is increasing at a rate fourteen times that of population growth.
	Low back pain has economic consequences of over $50 Billion per year.
	8 out of 10 adults suffer from low back pain at some time in their lives.
	In Canada, back pain is the second leading cause of lost time in the workplace (second only to the common cold).
	Back pain is the most costly ailment of working adults.
	A minority of compensated workers with low back pain account for the majority of compensation costs.

Did you know...Back pain accounts for over 25% of time lost from work and has huge ecomonic consequences?