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April 19, 2009, 2:17 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Mandy  

Do bad backs, bad knees etc., run in families? My Dad had a bad back. I have a bad back, too, but I was in a car accident when I was 12. I broke the windshield. Seat belts were not required back then and actually our car didn't even have them.

My husband claims he has a bad back and bad knees because they both run in his family. Can that be true?

I'm not sure if bad body parts run in the family. I guess it's possible because other problems such as heart disease and diabetes do. I guess it's possible that bad knees and backs could also be passed on.

I'm not sure if bad backs per see run in families but no doubt a lot of factors that lead to bad backs run in families.

In my family, I am the only one with a bad back. I tend to think that bad backs can be influenced by lifestyle sometimes, more than heredity. I know that my job has certainly contributed to my bad back through the repetitive motion required (major back strain).

Well, I guess the shape of your bones and the attachment of your muscles would be similar to that of some of your relatives. So it makes sense that if you have a parent or sibling with back problems, if you don't take care of yours, you would be prone to problems too. But if you take care of yourself, just as someone who had heart disease in their family, you could avoid some if not all of the problems. It makes sense to me.

I would go with bone shape/bone issues as well. I know that I had a case of scoliosis but I have no idea how it happened. Anyone else in the family who has back issues are from random things (car wreck, sports injury, etc).

I seem to hear more talk about the random things like bone lose that runs in family's more than bad backs, even though I am sure it could lead to it. if you have less dense bones why wouldn't it?