Many people think that sitting is easier on their backs than standing or lifting.
People whose jobs require them to sit for long periods of time suffer as much from back pain as people who lift all day long. Many researchers believe that the huge increase in back pain over the past couple of decades has a lot to do with the fact that more and more of us are spending our work days in chairs. The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet, and the cause and prevention of disease.