Back pain will affect most of us (80%) at one point or another. And given that 70% of UK adults are sexually active, there’s bound to be some overlap between spinal woes and steamy sessions.
“Any family doctor will tell you that couples will often ask them how to manage their back pain during and after having sex,” professor Stuart McGill, who helped conduct research into the topic, said.
“Many couples will remain celibate because one night of love-making can lead to months of back agony.”
Prof McGill was part of a University of Waterloo team which sought to find “very solid science to guide clinicians on their recommendations for patients who suffer debilitating back pain, but still want to be intimate”.
So... which positions work best for people with back pain?
Initially, the researchers used infrared and electromagnetic motion capture...
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