The Axcess Bulletin The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body DECEMBER 2018
Aaron Fuerst PT, DPT, CWCE, FAAOMPT If you have pain, you shouldn’t ignore it. We can help you feel better fast!
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Low back pain is by far one of the most common ailments ever experienced. Just abouteveryonedealswith lowbackpainatonepoint in their life.Forsome, the lucky ones, perhaps, the pain is just for a day or two as a result of a particularly grueling day of yard work or a slip-and-fall accident that landed you flat on your bum with a bruise to prove it. For others, the low back pain is something that lingers for years andyears,gettingworseasa resultof improper footwearorparticularlyunsupportive furniture, and never really healing or going away. It is estimated that one-half of all Americans experience lower back pain annually, and it is considered to be the leading cause of workplace disability worldwide—not just in the United States. It is also one of the most common reasons that people miss work, and is the second most common reason that people visit the doctor’s office. When you put those two facts together, the cost of dealing with lower back pain reallystarts toaddup.Theaverageannualcostofdealingwithbackpain in the United States is $50 billion dollars. Unfortunately, a lot of those financial resources go into dealing with back pain through pain management and medication, but that is not an effective long-term solution for dealing with back pain. A far healthier and bymedical researchersat theUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.Researchers consultedwithmembersof theNorthCarolinacommunitywhoexperiencedbackpain to understand what caused their pain, how frequently they experience the pain, and what the severity of the pain is like.They found by talking with household members across the state that the incidence of lower back pain has increased significantly since the last time this survey was conducted in 1992. Since then, the percentage of people coping with lower back pain increased from just over three percent to well over 10 percent. This is a significant finding, especially when it was found that the increase in lower back pain remained constant across demographics. Another interestingfind is thatof thosewhoexperience lowerbackpain,84percentopted to seekmedical treatment toaddress thepain,whichwasan increaseofmore than10 percent in1992.Thismeans thatwhilemorepeopleareexperiencingbackpain,more people are also seeking treatment for that pain, though there is still an approximate 15 percent of the population who are coping with severe lower back pain without treatment. For those, seeking support from a physical therapist could significantly improve quality of life. Ifyouhave lowbackpain,discoverourprograms todayand learnmoreabout quickly relieving your pain. The Ideal Treatment for LowBack Pain cost-effective solution is through physical therapy. Lower Back Pain in the United States
According to the National Institute for Health, the rates of low back pain have been steadily rising in theUnitedStatesover thepast20years.Thestudywasconducted
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