A first-of-its-kind global consumer survey into body pain shows that almost all of us experience body pain (93 per cent), with two-thirds (67 per cent) of us suffering every week and over one in ten (twelve per cent) saying they feel in pain constantly.
Body pain is defined by aches in your muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints (for example: back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain or osteoarthritis).
This is according to the first-of-its-kind GSK Global Pain Index commissioned by body pain expert, Voltarol(R) which spoke to 7,000 adults across fourteen countries.
Two-thirds of us (67 per cent) say that pain has affected our social lives and 40 per cent per cent admit that pain has forced them to give up some of their hobbies.
Pain is also putting family life under pressure too. Over half of the parents surveyed (57 per cent) believe they would be doing a better job without pain.
We are feeling the pain professionally too; in the UK more than six in ten people (62 per cent) say that body pain has had an impact on their professional life, including their career.
