If you are wondering what the next major healthcare issue will be for the United States, consider Spinal Disorders that result in back pain for millions in the U.S.A.. Already, studies show that back pain is the primary reason for disability for working people up to 45 years of age, with an estimated 5 million either permanently disabled or intermittingly disabled (it is about 50/50). In addition, back pain will effect well over 65% of this country's population at some point in each person's life.
Pain in the back is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years of ages. Annually 13 million people go to the doctor for chronic pain in the back. The disorder leaves 2.4 million Americans chronically disabled and yet another 2.4 million briefly handicapped.
Most Severe Back Pain can be stopped by keeping your back muscles strong and doing your part to ensure proper exercise and good mechanics (like raising hefty items in such a way that will not stress your back).
The signs/symptoms of low back pain are extensive. Once again, common sense rules the day but here are some things that you should keep in mind: 1) tenderness, discomfort, and rigidity in the lower back area is a sign of low back pain, 2) discomfort that spreads out into the butts or legs could be the result of a spinal condition that is pressing on the sciatic nerve, causing that discomfort, 3) having a difficult time standing or staying in one position for a long period of time, 4) and pain while sitting; weak and worn out legs while strolling - if you find that you are unusually worn out or have a chronic ache in your back, seeing a physician to discover if there is a larger problem would be wise.
Most health care professional will tell you that low back pain is normally induced by an injury-- there was a pressure from lifting, turning, or bending unnaturally. What most people do not recognize is that this back pain can be an indicator of a more significant and severe spine condition - like spinal stenosis or piriformis syndrome.
A fractured or protruding disk-- the solid, squishy, gel-filled pillows that lie between each vertebra-- and compression fractures of the vertebra, induced by weakening of bones, could also trigger low back pain. Arthritis could trigger the space around the spine to tightens (called vertebral stenosis), bring about pain.
Spine pain, if not treated and given the consideration and attention it is due, could end up being the most common ailment of our time as we get older and continue to eat, eat, eat, putting further stress/strain on our joints. Obese people are one of the highest risk demo's, with people who smoke close behind. We can certainly do something to minimize the risk from that if we are aware of what is at stake.
Pain in the back is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years of ages. Annually 13 million people go to the doctor for chronic pain in the back. The disorder leaves 2.4 million Americans chronically disabled and yet another 2.4 million briefly handicapped.
Most Severe Back Pain can be stopped by keeping your back muscles strong and doing your part to ensure proper exercise and good mechanics (like raising hefty items in such a way that will not stress your back).
The signs/symptoms of low back pain are extensive. Once again, common sense rules the day but here are some things that you should keep in mind: 1) tenderness, discomfort, and rigidity in the lower back area is a sign of low back pain, 2) discomfort that spreads out into the butts or legs could be the result of a spinal condition that is pressing on the sciatic nerve, causing that discomfort, 3) having a difficult time standing or staying in one position for a long period of time, 4) and pain while sitting; weak and worn out legs while strolling - if you find that you are unusually worn out or have a chronic ache in your back, seeing a physician to discover if there is a larger problem would be wise.
Most health care professional will tell you that low back pain is normally induced by an injury-- there was a pressure from lifting, turning, or bending unnaturally. What most people do not recognize is that this back pain can be an indicator of a more significant and severe spine condition - like spinal stenosis or piriformis syndrome.
A fractured or protruding disk-- the solid, squishy, gel-filled pillows that lie between each vertebra-- and compression fractures of the vertebra, induced by weakening of bones, could also trigger low back pain. Arthritis could trigger the space around the spine to tightens (called vertebral stenosis), bring about pain.
Spine pain, if not treated and given the consideration and attention it is due, could end up being the most common ailment of our time as we get older and continue to eat, eat, eat, putting further stress/strain on our joints. Obese people are one of the highest risk demo's, with people who smoke close behind. We can certainly do something to minimize the risk from that if we are aware of what is at stake.
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