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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Tom Campbell

Mother left with ‘burning’ pain after moving box inches

A mother living with “burning” back pain for over a year since she moved a box mere inches has been in and out of hospital since and says she feels guilty for not being capable of spending quality time with her seven-year-old daughter, who she cannot carry or play with as a result.

Stevie Rider, 31, who gets called “too polite and nice”, has been bounced backwards and forwards between doctors and hospitals ever since she hurt her back when picking up a box of clothes that “wasn’t even heavy” at the Next warehouse where she works in April last year.

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