Exercising for just 5 minutes a day really can make a difference.

In the UK .....

• At least 67 million certified working days are lost through back pain every year in the UK and that's not counting pensioners and members of the armed forces.
• There are 2.25 million visits to GP's for back problems each year.
• 1.5 million people are on invalidity benefit due to back-related conditions.
• 10 per cent of the 63,000 people hospitalised with backache have surgery.
• Hospitalisation and surgery for back problems cost the National Health Service £350 million per annum.
• 500,000 people suffer work-related backache every year.
• 3,600 nurses leave the NHS each year through backache.
• It costs the NHS £120 million a year in nurse absence and replacement due to backache.
• 80 per cent of all VDU workers will suffer backache.