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Can a significant weight gain be a cause of back pain?
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Happens to people: People who gain a lot of weight have to support much of that weight throughout their backs. Think of upper body excess weight as carrying a backpack loaded with big bottles of water. Water is 8 pounds a gallon. Having 24 pounds of extra upper body weight is like carrying 3 gallons of water in a backpack, which starts to ache after a while. Travel lightly in life. Weigh only as much as you need to.
Answered 1/7/2015
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