ONGO - Living Motion

A huge percentage of the populace reports experiencing muscle tension and back pain, both of which can be severely debilitating on a personal level and can even lead to disability - not to mention the direct and indirect costs of these issues to the healthcare system and the economy as a whole.

Although our bodies are designed for movement, we spend most of our time sitting down: at work, on the way there, and during free time, in front of the TV or the computer. All that time quickly adds up to the 14 hours an adult can spend sitting down each day.

• Eighty percent of cronic back pain is attributable to neglect of the back muscles.
• Thirty-five percent of young people already have slipped or degenerated spinal disks
• The likelihood of suffering acute lower back pain is highest among those aged 30 to 50.
• German health insurers and retirement insurers spend 25 billion euros each year on treatments for bone and muscle degeneration, various forms of arthritis, rheumatism, and disorders and injuries of the spinal column.
• Worldwide, several hundred million people have suffered pathological damage to the musculoskeletal system.
• Employee absenteeism due to musculoskeletal disorders and injuries costs 10 billion euros in Germany each year.
• More than half of those who join a gym stop going in just the first three months.
• 71,5 millionen workdays are missed in Germany due to back pain.
• Eighty to 90 percent of patients with chronic back pain suffer mild depression.
• Each year, 60,000 spinal disk operations are performed in Germany.
• Eighty-five percent of people are not perfectly symmetrical in body structure, putting them at increased risk of disk injuries.
• The pressure on the spinal column is 100 kilograms when standing, 90 when sitting, 220 when bending.