Back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and the World Health Organization reports that low back pain affects more people than major diseases like diabetes and malaria yet we have not made much progress in preventing it. Now, in a new study, researchers have identified physical and psychosocial triggers that can be modified to prevent acute episodes of low back pain.
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Carrying out manual tasks involving awkward postures can increase chance of low back pain by eight times.

The study was led by Manuela Ferreira, an associate professor with the George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School at The University of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

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