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Back pain is nothing new. I am sure that our great ancestors occasionally hurt their backs. It is strange that back pain does not make a frequent appearance in ancient medical journals. In fact, back pain really only seems to become a problem by the year 1950. Before then, back pain was not very common and was usually quickly resolved. Modern Back Pain EpidemicThe back pain epidemic is a modern event. It seems like millions of years of evolution suddenly went completely wrong. That is simply not the case…The back pain crisis is a contrived event. Of course, no one sat down and said, “Hey, I want to create a back pain epidemic!” This situation is the result of many circumstances all working together to create the problem we have today.
What Created the Back Pain Epidemic ?* Iatrogenesis is a multi-faceted contributor to back pain and related disability. Medical diagnosis and treatment can sometimes be the actual cause of symptoms, rather than the cure. Iatrogenic back pain is a very common experience of many chronic pain sufferers.* Spinal Abnormalities are mistakenly blamed for causing pain when most patients who demonstrate the physical existence of structural changes are completely asymptomatic. * Psychological Back Pain has replaced other common expressions of psychological pain. The former champ was the stomach ulcer. Once medical science realized that ulcers were caused and worsened by emotional stress, they were no longer a convincing expression of psychological pain. Psychosomatic back pain is always a chronic condition, since the true cause is rarely diagnosed. * Treatment Agenda. Modern medicine has created a huge juggernaut of long term and expensive back pain treatments. Medicine has excelled in the diagnosis of literally thousands of different back pain conditions. Medicine has thrived on the ability to treat the symptoms of most of these conditions long term. Unfortunately, medicine rarely cures any back pain... * Symptomatic Treatments have created an army of walking wounded. There are simply too many patients in treatment and not enough recovering. * Nocebo Effect. The method of modern diagnosis creates a negative impression on the patient. The patient is convinced that they their spines are defective and suffering from some serious condition. They are overly warned of the consequences of not pursuing treatment... * Back Injury Litigation has joined the list of contributing profitable enterprises. Huge sums of money are generated for doctors and back injury lawyers alike, from lawsuits involving back pain. * Personal Injury Mills contribute to the pain epidemic by forcing patients into long regimens of treatment and even unnecessary surgery. * Back Pain Industry often places profit above the wellbeing of the patient. * Back Pain Research often lacks objectivity and is sometimes performed to support a preconceived treatment program rather than actually study the effectiveness of multiple therapy options. Results are often laid out before the research even begins... * Obesity Back Pain is becoming increasingly more common as the world's population grows in size. I MEAN THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ! We are getting fatter and this increase in weight is causing our collective spines a world of pain. * Treatment Resistant Back Pain is usually due to a misdiagnosis of the actual cause of the pain. Misdiagnosis can create chronic pain from physical or psychological back pain conditions. The end result is a case of unresolved back pain that might continue indefinitely. * Back Pain Scapegoat Conditions are continually blamed for pain and symptoms they do not produce. Many of the most commonly blamed causes for back pain are mostly innocent and asymptomatic spinal conditions. * Objective Second Opinions on the real cause of back pain are increasingly difficult to obtain. * Unsuccessful Back Surgery is a horrible cause of long term pain and suffering for many patients. Their dream for a cure has instead turned into a nightmare of lasting suffering. * Back Pain Specialists have devoted their careers to the diagnosis and treatment of pain conditions rather than working towards a true cure. * Back Pain Diagnostic Eclecticism proves that medical science is lost when it comes to the diagnosis and treatment of common back pain conditions. * Similarity of Back Pain Symptoms and diversity of diagnosed conditions. How can so many different pain conditions all have such similiar symptoms? * Ischemia is one of the prime causes of pain and is often ignored by medical science. * Complementary Medicine has grown at such a huge rate that there are almost as many care providers as there are patients...
Is There a Solution to the Back Pain Epidemic ?Yes…and no. Do not expect the lawyers to stop fighting for money from back pain litigation. Do not expect the doctors to stop the symptomatic treatment of many back pain conditions.The hope lies in knowledge. If more people were aware of the true causes and symptoms of their back pain, the epidemic would slowly end. Psychological back pain would end. That would take care of about three quarters of the problem right there. If more people knew the facts about their back conditions, they would be less likely to suffer from the nocebo effect. This would offer them a much better chance at a permanent cure for their pain. This is THE REASON that I started this website. I want to help. I suffered enough chronic lumbar back pain in my life to understand exactly what you are going through. My constant symptoms were simply out of control. I understand how you feel, both physically (ouch!) and emotionally. It is my most sincere wish to provide you with honest and understandable information to help you become free of back pain. I did it...You can too !!!
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Back Pain Epidemic to Lower Back Pain Home page. 6/25/06 Revised 6/15/08
