Try: Back pain is common in older persons and care recipients cr a risk factor is something that increases your chances of having back pain if the cr demonstrates several risk factors it means she has a higher chance of having back pain the following are risk factors that the cr can possibly reduce with lifestyle changes not getting regular exercise doing a job or other activity that requires long periods of sitting heavy lifting bending or twisting smoking people who smoke are more likely than people who don’t smoke to have low back pain being overweight excess body weight especially around the waist may put strain on the cr’s back having poor posture slumping or slouching on its own may not cause low back pain but after the back has been strained or injured bad posture can make pain worse being under stress stress and other emotional factors are believed to play a major role in low back pain particularly chronic low back pain information references webmd com

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