Low Back Pain
Back pain is the most common cause of pain. In any given year 15-20% of Americans complain of low back pain. Nearly 100 million days of work are lost each year to back pain and $30-50 billion is spent annually on treating back injuries. In this RapidCE lesson we explore spinal column anatomy, causes of low back pain, types of low back problems, and prehospital assessment and treatment for low back pain.