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Work related back pain

There was a point in time when work related back pain meant you were a laborer.

Back pain was associated with lifting, and carrying.

Well in todays tech savvy world the cause of work related back pain has shifted.

Back pain is now associated with a sedentary type jobs.

The jobs that have you spending long hours behind a computer,

or just being a desk.

It is no longer a strain of the muscle causing the pain,

but a shorting do to in activity.

This is why I stress to any office worker

the need to get up hourly for a short stretch

of your lower back, quads, hamstring, etc.

The following study looks at work related back pain and some of its factors.

Back pain: Prevention and management in the workplace

 

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