Back pain prevalent in the workplace
Rehab Regs, August 4, 2005
About 20% of workers suffer from back pain at any time, according to Employee Benefit News. It is one of employment's most vexing healthcare problems because many employers focus too much on treating injuries instead of preventing them. Back pain costs U.S. employers billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical claims, and is the leading cause of disability in adults younger than 45. Back pain was second only to headache as the most common pain-related cause of lost productive work time, affecting 3.2% of employees and leading to an average loss of 5.2 hours a week, reported Employee Benefit News.
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