Well, it’s newly documented that scientists now know which gene may influence lumbar spine stenosis. (1) But how strong your back is? Can that be tied to genetics, too? It seems so. (2)

Mothers everywhere influence their children’s back muscle endurance. So Nashua moms are not alone in their being genetically generous in sharing a predisposition for back pain. A father’s effect is measured but not significant like the mother’s. The way a child sits, how much fat he/she has, the waist size and body mass index are tied to the mother. (2) Wow.