BENGALURU: Recently, a Bengaluru man visited Columbia Asia Hospital in Hebbal with complaints of a severe back pain, which hindered his ability to sit as well. Surprisingly, the 30-year-old was dealing with a condition that mainly occurs post the age of 50 years. In another case, a 25-year-old visited Manipal Hospital on Old Airport road with a similar complaint. In both cases, doctors found that both the youngsters’ commute to work involved bad road conditions.
Doctors have seen an alarming rise in youngsters dealing with lower back pain and claim to get close to 40 such cases in a month. According to them, there has been a two-fold rise in the last five years. “Bad road conditions and improper posture are mainly to blame for this,” said Dr Ravichandra Kelkar, orthopaedics consultant, Columbia Asia Hospital, Hebbal.
