Speaking of back pain...

I was reading a Facebook post this week that really struck a few chords with me.  The article here was posted by Gil Hildebrand a few days ago.  I told him I would collect my thoughts and get back to commenting in a few days.
Low back pain is so prevalent but so much of it is rapidly reversible with the right movements.  I feel bad for the patients in this article.  Who is to know if they had a mechanical assessment to see if MDT could help provide a diagnosis and a directional preference for treatment.  Even after 20 years of pain this is possible.  If you have chronic back pain, it is always worth the effort to take the mechanical pain out of their picture.
Less medical treatment is often more effective just as the article states.  Once you start adding medications, epidural injections, extended testing and surgeries things can get complicated.   MRI's  actually show degenerative changes, bulging discs and all sorts of things that may not be related to the painful problem.( By the way, MRI's aren't color coded...)  Just as the article pointed out, surgery may not affect the pain producing problem and in fact, could cause additional painful problems.
Exercise and eating right is never bad, but every condition is different so you need to know the exercises that are right for you and  the foods that are right for you.

Everyone deserves a good 
mechanical evaluation.









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