Low Back Pain
Low back pain is very prevalent in U.S. society. It is the number one worker’s comp injury and the number one reason for disability in people under the age of 45. Low back surgery is the second most common surgical procedure.
Here are some other low back facts:
- 80-85% of the U.S. Population will have low back pain at some time in their life.
- Once you injure your back, you are five times as likely to have a recurrence of pack pain.
- There are up to 500,00 back surgeries in the U.S. each year.
- Most back surgeries fail after 2-5 years.
- Everyday 6.5 million people are confined to bed because of back pain.
- Each year people lose 93 million days of work because of back pain.
- Each year 5.4 million U.S. residents are disabled due to back pain.
- Most back pain improves in 6-12 weeks but 5-10% of low back problems become chronic.
