The research statistics are pretty scary. During our life we have about an 80% chance of having back pain. Sure its not a Singaporean study but I see no reason to think that we are different.

After taking a look at some of the ways “real life” people I know in Singapore that have hurt their backs…it’s something that we as personal trainers and fitness professionals MUST take note of and prevent. Here are some of the ways that people I know have been hurt.

1.    Back pain after Sneezing (this one was a slipped disc that required long term medical care)
2.    Back pain after helping an old lady carry her shipping.
3.    Back pain while slipping on a moist badminton court
4.    Back pain while helping a friend shift furniture

As usual I’m a “be a part of the solution” kind of guy, and actually I study a lots of material specially so that my staff and I at the Genesis Performance Center can help our clients deal with, prevent and recover from back pain so that they are back to full speed, full strength and full health.

Back pain is frustrating because it makes us feel old and immobile and I dare say …. even helpless! It is only responsible for fitness and performance professionals to help people avoid it!

This is why our personal training programs, our sports specific programs and our group fitness bootcamps all take into account the clients current and past back pain problems.