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Back Specialist
Back Specialist ProblemBack pain is an epidemic condition affecting up to 80% of all people at some point in their lives. Chronic back pain is an ongoing problem for millions of suffering patients. Back pain is usually blamed on some physical abnormality, yet treatments rarely have a positive effect. Most patients with chronic pain skip from one treatment to another searching for some measure of pain relief.Many pain specialists find excuse after excuse for reasons why the symptoms will not get better. Many patients do not even question their doctor about why the treatments are failing. What medical science really needs to do is to step back and look at chronic pain objectively and as part of the total condition of mind and body health. Back Specialist DebateMost doctors advise seeking medical attention for any serious pain. I would agree that this seems like prudent and wise advice. However, research studies have PROVEN that patients who do not seek medical attention for acute back pain recover faster and more completely than patients receiving treatment. How is this possible?
The answer to this question is simple, yet complicated… Back Specialist NoceboPatients receiving care for their pain are often diagnosed with some horrific sounding spinal condition. The patient is told that they are sick, broken or in some way damaged, and instantly suffer a psychological effect known as NOCEBO. This psychological suggestion often makes the actual pain and diagnosed condition much worse in the patient's own mind. The nocebo effect is well documented in medicine. Unfortunately, most doctors do not take it into account when diagnosing a patient and some actually play it up to keep a patient in long term treatment.Back Specialist MisdiagnosisIt is amazing. In the time since I have written my book and started this website, I have seen countless articles published that show a clear link between physical pain and the psychological realm. It is obvious that most doctors practicing physical medicine simply ignore these studies and continue to deny the mind/body link.
The reality of back pain is that the majority of patients suffer from pain that is caused through a psychosomatic process. Their pain usually falls into one of 2 categories…
* Pain that is psychogenic. The mind creates the pain as a defense mechanism.
* Pain that started as physical, but is perpetuated by some psychological process.
Regardless, 99.9% of these patients are misdiagnosed as having pain from a definite physical source. It is not hard to locate some scapegoat condition in the spine, since almost all of us have common spinal abnormalities often blamed for back pain. Osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and herniated discs are so common that they are almost universal in the adult population… Recommendation on a Back SpecialistMedical attention is important. I still advise going to a doctor for any unexplained pain or symptoms. HOWEVER, being under the care of a physician does not let you off the hook for being responsible for your own health. You must still learn the facts about back pain and any other condition you are diagnosed with. You must ask questions and make your doctor accountable for their diagnosis and treatments. You must realize when a mistake has been made…When it all comes down to it, you must be the one to cure your pain. Regardless of the cause, your pain will not end till you do everything in your power to end it. If you rely on a doctor who TREATS pain for a living, odds are that you will continue to have lots of pain to treat…
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