There have been several magazine puns on the term “back issues.” “Did you hear about the woman who kept hurting herself lifting her boxes of old magazines? She had a lot of back issues” was posted on Twitter on July 26, 2009. “Tuesday #pun: I’d like to recycle my old magazines in the garage but the boxes are very heavy and I have a lot of back issues” was posted on Twitter on April 6, 2010.
 
“My friend can only sleep on stacks of old magazines. He’s got back issues” was posted on Twitter by Darren Walsh Puns‏ on April 6, 2016. “I can only sleep on piles of old magazines.  I have back issues” was posted on Twitter on August 6, 2016.
 
“If anyone needs copies of Osteopath Monthly, I have back issues” is a similar joke.
 
     
Twitter
ThatGuy‏
@blessedstray
Did you hear about the woman who kept hurting herself lifting her boxes of old magazines? She had a lot of back issues.
9:15 AM - 26 Jul 2009
   
Twitter
Glenn Ross‏
@txglennross
Tuesday #pun: I’d like to recycle my old magazines in the garage but the boxes are very heavy and I have a lot of back issues.
2:51 PM - 6 Apr 2010
   
Twitter
Mike Kohler‏
@mikekohler
I’ve lifted so many boxes of old magazines I’ve now got back issues.
5:30 PM - 6 Aug 2013
 
Twitter
Ian Barnett‏
@gnib1969
Back Issues - A medical condition caused by carrying old magazines.
4:14 AM - 28 May 2015
 
Twitter
Gnomey 324‏
@Cyberghetto
Back issues….
are we talking lumbar pain or old magazines?
8:45 AM - 18 Nov 2015
 
Twitter
Darren Walsh Puns‏
@DarrenWalshPuns
My friend can only sleep on stacks of old magazines.
He’s got back issues.
1:27 PM - 6 Apr 2016
 
Twitter
Kirsty Craig‏
@KirstyCraigUK
My friend can only sleep on old magazines - he’s got back issues!!
9:37 AM - 30 Jul 2016
   
Twitter
Keith Humphreys‏
@KeithNHumphreys
I can only sleep on piles of old magazines.  I have back issues.
#dadjoke @_cingraham
2:25 PM - 6 Aug 2016
 
Twitter
Shit Jokes‏
@ShitJokes
My friend can only sleep on stacks of old magazines.
He’s got back issues.
2:32 PM - 10 Dec 2017