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Back Pain facts:

• Statistically, 8 out of 10 adults will suffer back pain at some point in their lives.

• 6 million cases of low back pain are seen annually by emergency physicians in the United States.

• As a health problem, back pain is the 3rd most expensive disorder in America, after heart disease and cancer.

• One third of all adult Americans have experienced back pain in the last 30 days.

• Back problems are the 8th leading reason for presenting complaints to physicians.

• Back pain is the #1 reason for presenting complaints to Neurologists.

• Back pain is the #1 reason reason for presenting complaints to Orthopedists.

• Back pain is the #2 reason for patient hospitalization.

Cost of Back Pain to our nation:

Annual Expediture on Back Pain in America: – 26 Billion dollars!

11.1 billion – for office visits
4.5 billion – for hospitalization
3.9 billion – for prescription drugs
4.7 billion – for outpatient services
1.1 billion – in emergency room visits

– Dr. Xeume Luo, Duke University

Back Pain ranked as a Presenting Complaint:

Back Pain is among the 10 leading causes for patient visits to physician’s offices, Emergency Rooms and outpatient departments.

– Professor Alan Hedge, Cornell University

Presenting symptoms of Back Pain

Back pain can also be categorized by its presentational aspects. Pain can be severe, or mild. It can come on suddenly, or grow gradually over time; it can appear after an incident such as car accidents, or sports trauma, or it can come on for no apparent reason as is sometimes the case with chronic pain conditions.

Often, presenting back pain can be referred, as in cases of radiculopathy or it can be localized, for example in cases of tight muscles.

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