Severe back pain unresponsive to non-surgical methods may require consultation with a back expert or surgeon. — Whalespan
Severe back pain unresponsive to non-surgical methods may require consultation with a back expert or surgeon.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“it is very important that if you have severe back pain or persistent back pain and you're not able to alleviate it with non-surgical methods that you talk to a back expert perhaps even a surgeon there are cases for epidurals for painkillers for you know different types of rehabilitative approaches but Dr Stu Mill has also pointed out that there are a number of things that any and all of us can do by just self assessing that I think are appropriate for today's discussion”