The most significant proportion of patients in spinal clinics are in the active age group of 40 to 60 years, but today 15-20 percent of patients are teenagers.
Although much of the spinal ailments are civilizational damage, resulting from stress, lack of exercise, and a sedentary lifestyle, improper posture of the spine, the spine also has natural wear and tear physiological process of aging.
From the age of 30-40, the water content of the intervertebral discs begins to decrease.