Who gets low back pain?

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The NIH says:

Nearly everyone has low back pain sometime. Men and women are equally affected. It occurs most often between ages 30 and 50, due in part to the aging process but also as a result of sedentary life styles with too little (sometimes punctuated by too much) exercise. The risk of experiencing low back pain from disc disease or spinal degeneration increases with age.

Low back pain unrelated to injury or other known cause is unusual in pre-teen children. However, a backpack overloaded with schoolbooks and supplies can quickly strain the back and cause muscle fatigue. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that more than 13,260 injuries related to backpacks were treated at doctors’ offices, clinics, and emergency rooms in the year 2000. To avoid back strain, children carrying backpacks should bend both knees when lifting heavy packs, visit their locker or desk between classes to lighten loads or replace books, or purchase a backpack or airline tote on wheels.

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Back pain has no social, ethnic or economic boundaries. Statistically 10% of the American population suffers from chronic pack pain issues everyday. That works out to be 30 million people who wake up every morning with a level of pain that affects the quality of their lives. Additionally, it is estimated that 60 to 70% of the total population, not only in the United States but in all Western civilizations, will have a back pain problem of two to twelve weeks in duration at some point in their lifetime. These are epidemic proportions that are not going to go away ...