The
epidemic of back pain is enormous: It's a $44 billion industry,
it's the leading workers' comp injury, it's the leading reason
for disability for people under the age of 45, it will strike
90% of all American adults, it's the second-leading surgical
procedure, and it's only getting worse.
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- Up
to 85%
of the US Population will have Back Pain at some time in
their life.
- On
any given day 6.5 million people
are in bed because of back pain.
- 5.4
million Americans are disabled annually due to back pain.
- An
estimated 93 million workdays
are lost each year due to back pain.
- 90%
of all back pain resolves in 6-12 weeks.
- 5-10%
of low back pain becomes chronic.
- Only
20% of all back surgeries are
successful after 2 years.
- The total
number of spine surgeries in the U.S. approaches 500,000
per year.
- An estimated
$45 54 billion is spent
on the treatment of low back pain per year.
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