SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE CAN SAY, I HAVE IT, MY MOM HAS IT, MY GRANDPARENTS HAD THE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE IT? IT’S A HUGE QUESTION, I KNOW. > WELL, WE AGE. THE ALTERNATIVE JUST ISN’T ACCEPTABLE. BUT AGING COMES WITH A PRICE. JUST AS THE CARTILAGE IN THE KNEES AGES, HIT CARTILAGE, THE CARTILAGE IN OUR SPINE CHANGES AND DIMINISHES. IT IS A WHOLE CONSTELLATION OF THINGS THAT, IN THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS, DO NOT CAUSE PAIN. BUT IN SOME PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS, CAUSES EXCRUCIATING, DEBILITATING PAIN. > IS WAIT A FACTOR, AS WELL AS POSTURE?. SLOUCHING OVER TO KEEP THE BACK STRONG? > IT IS HARD TO BE OBJECTIVE ABOUT THE ANSWER. MY OPINION IS, FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OVERWEIGHT THEIR WHOLE LIFE AND SUDDENLY HAS A NEW BACK PAIN, YOU CAN’T BLAME YOUR WEIGHT. FOR SOMEONE WHO SLOUCHES, YOU COULD SAY, WELL, IF THEY SLOUCH BECAUSE OF A DEFORMITY, THEN WHICH CAME FIRST? I DON’T REALLY LIKE TO BLAME THE PATIENTS. IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES THEIR NORMAL LIFE TO THEN BE THE CAUSE OF THEIR PAIN.