Back Pain

Bags, Babies and Birthdays: How to Eliminate Or Erase Back-pain Triggers

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, August 20th, 2007

Back-pain triggers lurk everywhere, but if you know where to look, you can help keep your back healthy. Watch for these culprits:

Heavy handbags.

There’s a reason—beyond fashion—that huge handbags are popular. Women don’t always have time for a trip home, or even to the car. That means they need to carry what they need—workout clothes, snacks, bottled water, paperwork, even a book or magazine. But heavy bags strain the joints, muscles and ligaments in the back.

“It’s like having chronic strain. You get fatigued easier and are more prone to injury,” says Stephen Courtney, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor Regional...

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