Categories: Back Pain

Are Doctors Good at Managing Back Pain?

A new research report published recently found that most physician are doing a poor job following published guidelines for managing back pain. Too many opiod medications and not enough Physical Therapy is being recommended. A recent piece done by NBC sheds light on this problem. When the initial treatment for back pain is wrong the chance of chronic pain, narcotic addiction and surgery skyrocket. View video below.

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