Back pain: how to live with one of the world’s biggest health problems

Fascinating article about how are society deals with back pain, including the dangers of surgery, overuse of MRI scans and pain killers.
'Rather than trying to find a doctor who can make the pain disappear, we need to be aware that to a certain degree, it is a part of life and the best approach is to keep physically active in the right way, to find a strategy to manage stress and to keep on with normal activities. Like all complicated pain, avoiding it, trying to use a substance to blot it out, investing in one person the belief that he or she can cure you: that all makes it worse.'

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