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By Anne Asher, About.com Guide to Back & Neck Pain since 2005

Weight Loss to Reduce Back Pain?

Thursday January 1, 2009
Weight loss may help you achieve relief of back pain.  Obesity is linked to several spine conditions that cause back pain.
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Well, we made it to 2009. You know what that means! Yes, it's time for resolutions. I am all about averting the back pain that gets in the way of what I choose to do. So along with a few suggestions on how to tame the beast, take a look at my article entitled Obesity and Back Pain. It explains how being overweight may contribute to your pain. Hopefully, it will fuel your motivation to get to and stay at a healthy weight.

Next year, smoking and back pain! (Think intervertebral disks.)

| Back Surgery and Obesity | Will Weight Loss Get Rid of Back Pain? | Spinal Arthritis and Obesity |

Comments

January 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm
(1) Vern Masters says:

How interesting! My resolution is just what you describe above, although it was for more, let’s say… personal reasons, than to help my back. However, as it turns out, I’ve been developing some back pain in the recent years as well, so I’ll use that as further motivation to take this resolution to completion.

January 9, 2009 at 6:25 pm
(2) backandneck says:

Good luck with it!

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