Here’s a Tip that Can Help You Avoid Chronic Lower-Back Pain
“The key to avoiding lower-back pain is keeping pressure off your lower lumbar discs,” says Tadhg O’Gara, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Lower-back pain is the No. 1 cause of job-related disability in the United States, and one of the leading causes of lost workdays. Only headaches and colds are more common than back pain.
According to Tadhg O’Gara, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., the best way to prevent lower-back pain is to remember this simple mantra: “Arch is good, flat is bad.”
