More than half of people say they've suffered lower back pain in the past year, according to the latest NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll. And medical physicians often aren't giving people advice based on the best medical evidence, instead prescribing treatments that don't relieve back pain and can expose people to serious risk, including addiction.
The current research based advice is stay active and try non-pharmaceutical remedies such as a heating pad, chiropractic spinal manipulation, massage, and acupuncture according to clinical guidelines published in April by the American College of Physicians.
Why do you think it has been so hard to get medical physicians to practice based on the research?
Poll: Doctors Are Still Prescribing Lots Of Opioids For Low Back Pain
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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