Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power. 
-Francis Bacon


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Costs for Back Pain

Back Pain & Health Costs

-80% of adults have back pain at some point. 

-$30.3 Billion spent. 

-$4.5 Billion spent on prescriptions. 

-$1,589 per person spent for back pain. 

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, 2010

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Bones and joints

Here is a fact you'll think is neat. 

A joint is a place where two different bones meet.



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You are 60% more likely to become disabled from medical care.
-Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011

Patients taking muscle relaxants had recovery time's that were 2X as long compared to patients who didn't.
-Spine 2004

"My doctor have me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill, he gave me six months more". - Walter Matthau

Here's a new word that we'll learn today.

The bones in your SPINE are called
VERT-E-BRAE.

Here's a fact about muscles I've known for awhile.

You use more when you frown than you use when you smile.

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There are joints in your shoulder, elbow, wrist, and knee. These joints help you bend so you move more easily.

Here is a fact you'll think is neat. A joint is a place where two different bones meet.

Clipper basketball tonight.