How to deal with back pain

Back pain can be the bane of business travel: long hours spent sitting down in airplane seats, in the back of taxis and then in meetings at your destination. Common problems include sciatica, often caused by a disc hernia or “slipped disc”. Low back pain, with or without sciatica, is widely recognised as one of the most severe sources of chronic pain a person can suffer from. Factors such as bad posture, elevated stress levels, cigarette smoking, a sedentary lifestyle and weight are all known to contribute to the onset of back pain and sciatica. Sciatica is the collective name for a set of symptoms (including pain, weakness/ numbness in the buttocks or leg, and a burning/tingling sensation down the leg) caused by a disc bulge (also called a prolapsed, herniated or…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, July - August 2019

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