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Back Pain Spending Up 65% since 1997

Wall Street Journal-February 13th 2008-

Spending to treat back pain in the US rose 65% in the past decade. Spine patients say they feel worse according to a huge study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. So if spending on low back surgery is going up, and spending (reimbursement) for chiropractors is going down, is it possible that we're treating this problem backwards?

Another datapoint pointing to my contention that the solution to back pain is less surgery and less drugs, but more consistent chiropractic and posture exercise.

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 09:14PM by Registered CommenterDr. Weiniger | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference

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    at My back pain site on March 24, 2008
    Another aspect of physical therapy program may include lumbar traction. With lumbar traction, the patient lies on his back and is secured on a special table with a cable coming from the foot- end of the table that attaches to a strap that has been placed around the patient? s hips. ...

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