Episode 44 - Back Pain & What You Can Do About It

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, Travis and Lauryn talk about back pain -- one of the most frequent issues among patients and the number one most costly conditions each year. We talk about our own experiences with back pain, and Travis shares his experience with treating patients with it. As always, we review the literature and discuss ways to prevent back pain as well as ways to treat it.
Prevalence?
https://hpi.georgetown.edu/backpain/
How much does back pain cost the healthcare system:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/low-back-and-neck-pain-top-us-spending-on-healthcare
Imaging:
https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/use-of-imaging-studies-for-low-back-pain/
https://www.nextstephealth.com.au/blog/back-pain-dont-let-the-mri-scare-you/

Episodes we mentioned:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/placebos-nocebos-and-the-power-of-expectation/id1553846653?i=1000522898515
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-your-words-really-matter/id1553846653?i=1000521996895
Prevention:
https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(21)00334-5/fulltext
Pain relief:
https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/tips-for-pain-relief
Treatment:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34805980/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/msc.1597

Yoga:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3805350/
Not all pracitioners are equal:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1529943021010275