The UK says the Home Office has increased the rate of people with back pain

A report by the Office for National Statistics (the British Office for National Statistics) indicates that working from home has increased the number of people with back pain. According to the report, the number of people identified as economically inactive due to long-term illnesses increased from 2 million to 2.5 million in the three years to 2019. More than 70% increase occurred after the arrival of Covid-19. .

The analysis showed a 62,000 increase in the number of people leaving the workplace due to neck and back problems. According to the General Council of Osteopathy of the United Kingdom, this figure raised by the ONS is no coincidence: people spend a large part of their home office hours working in uncomfortable and inappropriate positions.

“Essentially, these are overuse injuries, with worse posture than they would have if they were working in an office,” the council said in a statement to British newspaper The Guardian.

According to the ONS, older people make up the majority of people who are inactive due to long-term illnesses, but there has been a steep relative increase among 25- to 34-year-olds in recent years.

Meanwhile, chronic diseases in this age group increased by 42%, compared to a 16% increase in those aged 50 and 64. “The biggest increase came from people with other health problems or disabilities. Although this category also includes people with long-term Covid-19, we think this is one of many contributing factors”, the ONS points out itself.

“The second highest increase was among people with back or neck problems; an increase in working from home may have led to these types of conditions.”

Source: Office for National Statistics via Guardian

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