10/20/2026
Low Back and Neck Pain Have Nearly Doubled in Last 30 Years.
Using data from the Global Burden of Disease study, researchers found that low back pain cases grew from 386.7 million in 1990 to 628.8 million in 2021, with neck pain also increasing substantially during this timeframe, rising from 114.6 million to 206.0 million cases.
Journal of Pain Research, August 2026