Several years ago an Egyptologist (expert at Egyptian history) presented me with the oldest recordable back claim on record:
2,500 years ago a physician treated an unlucky laborer who had hurt his back. It is a fascinating peek into history and shines light onto the fact that the ubiquitous back injury has maimed and ruined lives well beyond the time any of us have been involved with workplace injuries. Imagine if we could quantify the volume of pain and the amount of money spent on this musculoskeletal plague? Imagine if we could quantify the volume of pain and the amount of money spent on this musculoskeletal plague?
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