Common Causes Of Lower Back Pain

April 11th, 2012 Posted in Pain in the back

Common causes of lower back pain

  Let’s take step back and try and look at the most common causes of lower back pain and why it is such a problem in humans. The fact that almost 90% of people will suffer some type of back injury during their lifetime is a staggering statistic. Why is this so?   A recent article published in the United States by Chiropractor Mark Earnhart outlines the basic reasons why we get so much back pain – and it seems it comes down to the fact that humans are bipedal (walk on 2 legs instead of 4)   Our spines were not initially designed to bear so much weight on the lower part of the spine, and it is suggested that this is the main reason why humans experience so   Read more…

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