Put your back into it!
Back pain has replaced the headache as the biggest passion-killer, according to a survey.
Back pain has replaced the headache as UK’s biggest passion-killer, according to a survey.
One in 10 Britons has admitted their sex lives suffer due to back pain - with women more likely to give lovemaking a miss because of the problem.
More than half - 55 percent - of Britons suffer from back pain at least once a month.
A quarter of those said they would avoid any strenuous activity when suffering - including sex.
One in 10 said they had even left the bed to sleep on the floor in an effort to ease the discomfort.
Back pain costs an estimated £7-billion every year through work-related absence.
Dr Ralph Rogers, a skeletal specialist at the London Orthopaedic Clinic, said many patients with back problems wrongly assumed sex would make the condition worse. “But actually lying still in bed is one of the worst things you can do,” he added.
Physiotherapist Martin Haines said the consumer survey of 8 000 adults showed that back pain was having a profound impact.
But he said the problem could be helped by keeping the spine moving and taking gentle exercise.
“The spine is designed to move, not stay still, so using a back support which allows the spine to move is really important,” he added.
Back pain has replaced the headache as UK’s biggest passion-killer, according to a survey.
One in 10 Britons has admitted their sex lives suffer due to back pain - with women more likely to give lovemaking a miss because of the problem.
More than half - 55 percent - of Britons suffer from back pain at least once a month.
A quarter of those said they would avoid any strenuous activity when suffering - including sex.
One in 10 said they had even left the bed to sleep on the floor in an effort to ease the discomfort.
Back pain costs an estimated £7-billion every year through work-related absence.
Dr Ralph Rogers, a skeletal specialist at the London Orthopaedic Clinic, said many patients with back problems wrongly assumed sex would make the condition worse. “But actually lying still in bed is one of the worst things you can do,” he added.
Physiotherapist Martin Haines said the consumer survey of 8 000 adults showed that back pain was having a profound impact.
But he said the problem could be helped by keeping the spine moving and taking gentle exercise.
“The spine is designed to move, not stay still, so using a back support which allows the spine to move is really important,” he added.