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From : The times of India Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Crippled_by_backache_Its_all_in_mind/articleshow/2854819.cms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crippled by backache? It's all in 'mind'

11 Mar 2008, 1423 hrs IST,PTI

 

 

LONDON:

Suffering from severe back pain? It's all in the mind, says the latest study.

Researchers at the University

of Lbeck in Germany have found that people develop back pain from reading about

the problem or hearing family, friends and work colleagues moan about their own

aches.

According to the

researchers, the mind eventually gets tricked into thinking the body is in pain,

even when there has been no obvious injury or trigger, the

 

Daily

Mail

 

reported on Tuesday.

They came to the conclusion

after analysing the health trends of people after the reunification of East and

West Germany in 1990. Despite four decades of separation, the two populations

shared the same genetic makeup.

But, shortly after the

reunification, 69 per cent of East Germans were found to be affected by back

pain compared with 84 per cent of their neighbours in West Germany.

By 2003, the number of people

in former East Germany complaining of back pain had risen to almost the same as

in West Germany, noted the researchers who have blamed lame increased exposure

to media reports for the condition.

They claim only around 15 per

cent of back problems can be attributed to an underlying physical cause -- such

as a trapped nerve or slipped disc. Most other cases, have no obvious trigger.

The researchers wrote in the

 

International Journal

of Epidemiology:

 

" In West Germany, back

pain is said by the media to be frequent and unavoidable, a rising tide that is

mostly due to physical wear and tear.

" It's described as a leading

and acceptable cause of work disability. After reunification, all those 'myths'

and misconceptions about back pain being pervasive in Western societies

immediately spread to East Germany. "

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