[originally published in KCN, March 2006]
Question. What do construction workers and nursing home workers have in common? Delivery drivers and police officers? Auto mechanics and farmers? It’s a real stumper, isn’t it? And while you search your brain for a common denominator for these seemingly dissimilar jobs, let me give you one that’s unlikely to roll off your tongue anytime soon: they all made the American Chiropractic Association’s list of the “Top Ten Back Breaking Jobs.” What’s more, these jobs, along with three others I didn’t mention, share something else in common: they weren’t awarded the number one spot.
