It seems to me that we all know what helps, for some time at least..... Why? Maybe because in reality we have not looked for the cause at all but we have as is usual within the medical world been treating symtoms. As far as I know there is little or no consensus on the cause of low back pain and therefor we are treating it by symptom treatment, alike a mecanic who says if you tell him that if you turn to the left the car behaves in such and such a way and he replies tha in tha case you better always turn to the right. Personally I feel we make the mistake to simplify things in order to understand and to be able to measure ; research demands to symplify, to have the least variables and we have to agree: WE AS A PROFESSIONAL GROUP ARE HOOKED ON RESEARCH. So maybe we just do not understand backpain and cannot admit it. As far as I can see: why not introduce the interaction of mind and body or is it that we in that case overstep a line, e.g. the psychology line and we could end up in court for malpractice while in reality we are as things stand malpractising?
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