Back Awareness Week 2014

2 - 6 September 2014

Back Awareness Week is marked to educate and make health workers and members of the public aware of the problems of back pain, common causes and risks, complications, management and prevention.

Pain in the lower back or low back pain is a common concern, affecting up to 30 – 40% of South Africans at some point in their lifetime. Back pain may be caused by injury, mechanical or inflammatory conditions of the spine. The mechanical or inflammatory problem must be fixed before the pain will go away for good.

Source:  South African Society of Physiotherapists

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