Back pain is no longer reserved for the middle-aged – it appears two-thirds of under-30s suffer too, and experts are blaming the work-from-home culture.
After 1,000 18- to 29-year-olds took part in a poll, Dr Gill Jenkins, GP and adviser to campaign group Mind Your Back, which conducted the research, said: ‘Half of young people don’t have access to a table and supportive chair during their working day, while 20 per cent have to work while sitting on a sofa or bed.
‘This plays havoc with posture and spine health.’
Working from home has led to an increasing number of young people complaining about back pain
PTSD comfort …in a ribbon
A special ribbon worn round the neck can help people who fear the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder in crowded places by alerting the public to their condition. More than a million suffer the mental health condition, characterised by disturbing flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks linked to a previous traumatic experience.
One of the most common environments to suffer a panic attack is a crowded public place such as a supermarket or railway station. It is hoped sufferers who wear the new ribbon, which carries the letters ‘PTSD’ in bold and is backed by charity Sapper Support, will be given the appropriate help in an emergency.
Anthony Cowburn, 50, from Weymouth, who suffered severe PTSD after a 30-year career in Army combat, described the ribbon as a ‘comfort blanket’.
One in five Britons do not believe what the Government says about Covid-19, according to a new report. And barely a third say they have ‘a lot’ of trust in the scientific data announced in televised briefings and on the Government website.
Researchers from the University of Bristol asked more than 2,000 people if they trusted the official information about coronavirus when it first struck in March 2020.
Older adults were the most trusting, with those aged 18 to 34 and from ethnic-minority backgrounds the least trusting.
The authors say more work is needed to understand whether it is the information itself that people find hard to believe, or if the problem lies with those delivering it.
More than four in five Britons are concerned about catching Covid at work. Despite a majority of working-age adults being fully vaccinated and Covid case numbers remaining stable, 81 per cent of workers who took part in a poll worry they could be infected by colleagues.
Meanwhile, nearly 60 per cent of employers said they are amending sick leave policies to ensure employees are paid in full when they cannot work due to Covid self-isolation.
The survey of employees across 500 UK companies, was conducted by Covid testing firm Vatic.
More than four in five Britons are concerned about catching Covid at work despite a majority of working-age adults being fully vaccinated
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