Being overweight generally is a factor for a lot of different conditions including back pain. In this video, Dr. Ghaffar tells us being overweight affects a patients mobility and ability to manage back pain.
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I mean, being overweight has a significant bearing in lots of different health factors from sort of mood to general fitness and certainly the back pain, it makes common sense that you're putting a lot of pressure on the lumbar spine because of increased body weight, eventually that's going to cause increased degeneration of the bones and the tendons supporting the structure. And not only that, but if you're less mobile, then you're less likely to do some of the exercises, back strengthening exercises that a physiotherapist would get you to do. So when we're treating back pain, if you are overweight, one of the most significant things you can do is to lose weight to ultimately improve your mobility, improve your performance and actually manage the pain a lot more effectively.
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