New Delhi, April 12 -- What's the one thing linking cricket World Cup winner Jasprit Bumrah, double Olympic medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, and you? Lower back issues. According to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2021, lower back pain is the most prevalent health problem in the world today. A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, published in June 2023 in The Lancet Rheumatology, found that low back pain affected 619 million people globally in 2020. And since no one is getting younger, it's worth noting that its prevalence increases with age, with peak rates observed at around 85 years.

Low back pain was defined as "pain between the 12th ribs and the gluteal muscles t...