Compared to prior years, there was less study on symptoms since they had acquired Covid in the year it first appeared.
Back pain was not officially listed as a Covid symptom by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) at the beginning of the epidemic. Curiously, “muscle or bodily aches” was one of them.
Fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea were other early warning indications of COVID-19.
On the other hand, the NHS provides an explanation for the high prevalence of back pain and other conditions affecting the muscles and joints.
“Many patients will have had some aches and pains before becoming unwell with Covid,” the NHS website states.
