The Spine-health.com survey of more than 750 respondents found that 50 percent reported missing work for 10 or more days due to back-related problems. Another 29 percent of respondents said chronic pain kept them off the job for as many as nine days over the last year, according to the survey. Spine-health.com is a 2,000 page online resource written and reviewed by doctors for patients with back pain, chronic pain, and related health issues.
"Health problems caused by long hours sitting in front of a computer are jeopardizing the health of the workforce, and affecting corporate America's ability to compete in the global economy," according to Dr. Peter F. Ullrich, Medical Director of Spine-health and an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Neurospine Center of Wisconsin. "These survey results indicate business will reap great economic and competitive benefits by helping their employees address personal behaviors and habits that hurt their backs."
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The number of Britons suffering backache has more than doubled in a decade, researchers have found.
Headaches have also become a way of life for many, with a rise of more than 50 per cent – an eyewatering one billion a year.
Women are more likely to suffer than men, with 53 per cent enduring a headache at least once a month, compared to 35 per cent of men.
Experts blamed the surge in aches and pains on the popularity of computers. Thanks to our love of email and computer games, they have become a big part of our leisure time as well.
