How Your Psychological State May Affect Low Back Pain
Low back pain has become a more common ailment in today’s Western society. Lifestyles have changed drastically in the past 30 years. The world has rapidly raced towards more and more digital means of doing just about anything. Even stationary bikes have attached screens loaded with virtual workouts with an instructor to bring you through it. More people have chosen personal cars as a means of commuting the work. Recess and gym class have been removed from schools. People are sitting more than ever; our bodies and health are starting to see the negative impacts of this way of living.
Stress is flooding our bodies in unhealthy doses and it affects how your body feels as much as it affects your emotions. Various studies investigating back pain in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have reported annual prevalence rates ranging from 15% to 40%, with a lifetime prevalence as high as 70% to 80%.
In this blog, I am going to breakdown a research study I used for a thesis draft regarding how psychology may impact injury rates in college athletes. While I never followed through with the thesis, I did my research and learned a lot about a topic that interests me a lot. The research might have been done for a specific population, but this study can be applied to general and specific populations alike. This article I…
