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Four out of five Australians will suffer from back pain with one in 10 experiencing significant disability according to a report in the Medical Journal of Australia. Senior author Professor Rachelle Buchbinder from Cabrini Institute and Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Dr Andrew Briggs from Curtin University of Technology’s School of Physiotherapy have called for back pain to be classified as a National Health Priority Area (NHPA).

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