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Back pain is now the nation's leading disability.
Which should come as no surprise when you consider the hours workers spend slumped over their keyboards. The Guardian We weren't designed to sit still. If we were, surely we would have been born with washable, plush velour covers, neat little antimacassars in place of shoulders, and dainty brass casters for feet. Despite these obvious design flaws, the average British office worker spends 25 to 40 hours a week stagnating in front of a computer screen, chin thrust out and shoulders grazing ear lobes. The fact that back pain is the nation's leading disability is therefore hardly staggering.