Another contributing factor for developing back pain during this time was the increase of working from home. In fact, even when people didn’t have to work at home, restrictions on socialising and going outside meant people were less mobile on the whole and spent more time sitting down.
A study from Malta of 388 people found that 30 percent of people had experienced chronic back pain pre-Covid compared with 49 percent experiencing back pain since Covid emerged, with the majority of the latter claiming that they never experienced back pain before the pandemic.
It is important to note that having back pain alone doesn’t mean you necessarily have Covid. Backache can be caused by many factors, and even if you develop it in conjunction with nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing or fever, muscle ache it can be indicative of other illnesses like flu, which we may see an increase of during the winter months in the UK.
Similarly, people with pneumonia can also suffer from backache due to inflammation and infection throughout the torso. Other symptoms that can stem of back pain include:
- Shooting, burning or stabbing sensation
- Pain radiating down your leg
- Pins and needles
- Inability to get comfortable
- Constant dull ache.
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