Your temperamental back becomes your daily enemy
You might be in great shape or stretch every day without fail, but if you’re over 40, experiencing back pain is virtually inevitable. Worse yet, it’s often hard to pinpoint what causes it: you’ll go to bed one night and suddenly wake up and feel like you can’t stand up straight. However, if you’re feeling suddenly hobbled over 40, you’re not alone—one study from the UNC School of Medicine reveals that up to 84 percent of adult Americans polled experienced back pain, up from 73.1 percent just over two decades earlier.