18 Oct : Are you suffering from chronic back pain? Well ladies, Internet is to be blamed, particularly if you are middle-aged, says a new study.
Researchers in Britain have carried out the study and found that a large number of middle-aged women spend most of their time on social networking sites, like Facebook, Twitter, and suffer from chronic back pain due to hours hunched over computers.
The findings are, based on a poll of 1,000 women, aged between 35 and 50, in Britain. The study has revealed that three out of four women suffer from back pain due to spending long hours on the net.
Of those nearly one in five 18 percent endures backache every day. A third admitted they were in pain every few days and nearly a quarter between once a week and once a month.
Almost half 44 percent of the women could not walk easily. 15 percent could not go out socially or work.
“Back pain can be intense and makes life difficult for sufferers, with discomfort badly affecting their home, work and social lives,” the newspaper quoted physiotherapist Sammy Margo as saying.