ANNOUNCER: Today's Health Counsel is presened by Paula Clayburg,who is the chief Counsellor at Liverpool's famous pain clinic:The Wilton Clinic.Paula...

PAULA CLAYBUGRG: Do you know what Prince Charles,Seve Ballesteros and Elizabeth Taylor have in common?They all suffer from chronic back pain.In fact,bad backs are one of the most common health problems today,affecting people in all walks of life.The most recent available figures show that about a quarter of a million people are incapacitated with back pain every day.

And many sufferers don't know the cause or the solution to their problem.

The majority of our patients at the clinic tend to be women.They are especially vulnerable because of pregnancy but also because of osteoporosis,which I personally believe to be the major cause of problems for women.