Back Pain - The Facts
5 million GP consultancies: £141million
Hospital care: £512million
NHS Physiotherapy costs: £150.6 million
NHS and community care services: £1billion +
Private services: (Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Chiropractic) £565 million
- Back pain is one of the biggest causes of time off work
- It is the nation's main cause of disability,
- 2.5 million people in the UK suffer chronic back pain every day
- 80% of people will experience back pain lasting more than one day at some point in their lifetime
- Around 4.5 million working days are lost annually through bad backs
(Source: NHS Direct)