Back Pain and Stiffness WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Back Pain and Stiffness
Back pain and stiffness causes reduced mobility and movement. Back injury or trauma, spinal disc disorder, ligament injury, and an incorrect mattress are possible contributing causes.1 Lower back pain affects approximately sixty to eighty percent of individuals in the United States and is one of the leading causes of disabilities in patients under forty-five years of age.2
Fast Facts:
- Approximately thirteen million individuals go to a health care provider yearly for chronic back pain.2
- It is estimated that eighty percent of neck and back problems are caused by bad posture.3
- X-ray, discography, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone scan, and ultrasound are diagnostic tests performed for back pain and stiffness.4
- Yoga, walking, stretching, applying heat, and choosing the right mattress are alternative ways to help with stiffness and back pain.5
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Wrong Diagnosis: Stiff Back
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Low Back Pain
- ↑ Back.com: Stiffness and Tightness
- ↑ NINDS: Low Back Pain Fact Sheet
- ↑ Symptoms, Their Causes & Cures (via MotherNature): Back Stiffness
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- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Stiffness and Back Pain, Back Pain Stiffness, Back Stiffness and Pain
- Last update: Aug. 17, 2009
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