In message <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes
>You also may have read research that the vast majority of non traumatic back
>complaints resolve themselves without therapeutic intervention by
>physiotherapists or chiropractors.
Mel, interesting area of debate this. Do you have any research showing
that this is true. What do you mean by 'resolve'?
I am not saying that you are wrong but there is a recent study carried
out in Manchester (The South Manchester Back Pain Study), published in
the British Medical Journal (Vol 316 Pg 1356ff "Outcome of low back pain
in general practice: a prospective study").
This study investigated:
"the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to
general practice have resolved within one month".
They looked at 490 subjects over a 12 month period and found that
although 90% of individuals who presented to GPs (Doctors) with low back
pain (LBP) failed to present again in the next 12 months it could not be
assumed that the LBP had resolved.
In fact a 12 month follow up suggested that only 25% were pain-free and
fully functioning again.
The idea that most LBP resolves spontaneously may be based on comments
from Doctors that the vast majority of LBP sufferers that present in
their clinics do not present a second time and therefore are assumed to
have recovered.
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John Spencer
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