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Back pain: common causes and treatments

One in 10 people will suffer with back pain, making it one of the most common ailments and one of hte leading reasons for employees being off sick from work. So why is it so common, and can we prevent some of the more common forms of back pain? Prof...

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12.37 29 Oct 2021


Back pain: common causes and treatments


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12.37 29 Oct 2021


One in 10 people will suffer with back pain, making it one of the most common ailments and one of hte leading reasons for employees being off sick from work.

So why is it so common, and can we prevent some of the more common forms of back pain?

Prof Seamus Morris is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Beacon Hospital and he leads The National Spine Institute there - he had plenty of advice for sufferers.


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