This week, Dr Ray O’Connor considers how common problems may benefit from non-drug treatment
Back pain
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The authors of this clinical review paper1 examined the evidence for common interventions, excluding drugs, for the treatment and prevention of non-specific low back pain in adults aged 18-60 years. The paper focused on assessing research that included people with low back pain felt between the last rib and the buttock creases without a specific cause. This is seen very commonly in practice. The paper contains some very useful statistics for counselling patients presenting with back pain. For example,…