Doctors ignore back pain self-care guidelines and prescribe useless surgeries and meds instead

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Doctors ignore back pain self-care guidelines and prescribe useless surgeries and meds instead
A new study by Dr. Bruce Landon from the Harvard Medical School shows that many doctors today are ignoring back pain self care guidelines and are instead sending patients through unnecessary tests and addictive narcotic treatments.
"Doctors should realize that back pain is not a lifelong condition," says Dr. Bruce Landon, pointing out that patients suffering from back pain usually recover within a couple of months. Expensive CT and MRI imaging scans are being overused and are unnecessary in many cases as well.
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