More people suffer from back injuries than from the common cold. Chances are four in five that you have suffered from low back pain or will at some time. Backaches are said to lame over 6 million Americans for more than a week each year and cause more lost work time than any other health problem. Injury can be a cause of backaches, but must be relegated to a minor role, for almost all backaches are without trauma to the sufferer.
Backaches are primarily caused by toxicosis, that is toxic substances in the system.
The irritation and degeneration morbid substances cause makes the average person of 60 feebler and considerably run down. This affects the whole body. This includes the spinal column. Moreover, morbid substances or toxins irritate nerve centers wherever they may become concentrated. If irritation becomes serious, inflammation results in the area and that is often quite painful.