If you suffer from insomnia, you are nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to experience back pain, according to a study published recently in the journal PLOS One by researchers at the University of Haifa.
It is already known that people with a chronic inability to get a good night’s sleep have increased sensitivity to pain and greater odds of suffering from spontaneous pain more often and with more intensity compared with those who sleep well.
This study, carried out on 2,131 subjects in Tel Aviv, is the first to show a direct connection between insomnia and back pain.
“We examined healthy, employed adults over three periods of time. After controlling for a range of variables, including socioeconomic status and lifestyle issues, we came to the conclusion that insomnia is a marker for the increased risk of back pain, though the reverse is not the case,” reported Maayan Agmon of the university’s department of nursing and Galit Armon of its department of psychology.
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