Back pain & cervical cases being witnessed in young age these days : Dr Ravi Garg
With people being confined to their homes during the lockdown period and the concept of ‘work from home’ gaining prominence, people in tricity have been spending long hours in front of computer, laptop & smartphone screens. The prolonged hours in one position has been instrumental in the surge of back & cervical related cases, shared Dr. Ravi Garg, a seasoned brain and spine surgeon at JP Hospital. According to Dr. Ravi Garg, “Back pain, particularly lower back pain is the most common form of pain. Chronic back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most common reasons for people of working age to drop out of the workforce. Earlier these health problems used to be seen in over forty years old patients but now the issue is being witnessed in even less than 30-year-olds." He said that about 70-80% of the population experiences back pain at some point of their life. Most of the time the cause of pain is mechanical which means it is because of str