Fitness, Weight Loss And Body Composition

How can excessive body weight lead to back pain?

Obese people can experience back pain. They have more weight that they're trying to move around in space and, so, when they're walking and they're pounding their bodies, there is more force being exerted from their body to the ground and back up from the ground. That pressure on the spine or the back is a lot higher, and therefore with people that are overweight part of the treatment is often weight loss. For their back pain, we would want them to lose weight. When they're doing surgery on a patient, there are many surgeons who do not want to perform back surgery on someone who is obesely overweight. Their risk factors regarding healing from the surgery, their spine healing, and not doing well are much higher.