Low Back Pain Facts:

• Lower Back Pain (lumbar spine pain, herniated disc, herniated disk) is one of the most common afflictions affecting 80% of the adult population in the Western World today.
• Office workers and sedentary people are affected just as much as manual laborers.
• Men are affected more often than women.
• In less developed societies, lower back pain is significantly less common. We could conclude that the lifestyle in the Western World may be a factor.
• Low Back Pain can quickly progress to different degrees of 'sciatica' (pain involving the sciatic nerve) if inadequately addressed. Sciatica is often felt in the lower back, buttock, along the back of the thigh and into the calf.
• 90% of low back pain is recurrent and 35% of these develop into Sciatica which can become increasingly treatment resistant.

Some of the therapy products on our site:

• Exercise Programs - BackTherapist.com Exercise Programs
• Lumbar Roll - Original McKenzie® Lumbar Roll
• Night Roll - Original McKenzie® Night Roll
• Exercise Balls (Gym Balls) - Gymnic® Exercise Balls
• Exercise Ball Workout Videos - Gym Ball Exercise Videos
• Hot/Cold Packs - Whitehall Packs
• Nada-Chair 'Back-Up©' System - Nada-Chair 'Back-Up©' System
• Fitness Mats - Airex Fitness Mats

BackTherapist.com is a United States-based network of organizations, including physical therapy and physical therapy-related products, that specializes in the treatment of spinal conditions that cause lower back pain. BackTherapist.com uses information based on a pool of clinical experience and the latest research in the field of physical therapy relevant to lower back pain.