Routine Lifting May Not Be As Bad For Your Back As Thought, Research Suggests

Tapio Videman is a researcher in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. (Credit: Photo courtesy the University of Alberta)

From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (Apr. 15, 2010) — Tapio Videman says back disorders in the working population are among the most costly illnesses in developed countries around the world. Disc degeneration is the main suspected origin of severe back symptoms and the main target in spine surgery.

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