- The healthcare industry's direct and indirect costs associated with back injuries are estimated to be $20 billion annually (DHHS, 2008)
- Low back injuries have been estimated to be $1.7 billion in worker's compensation (Feletto, 1997)
- The average back injury case costs $25,000. If surgery is required, costs may raise to over $85,000 per case
- Indirect costs also include lost work production, retraining and sick time, which is approximately more than four times that of direct costs
- In general, 28.6 days per 100 workers are lost due to back problems (Wong, 2007)