Treatment Of Lower Back Pain Could Be Improved By Adding Complementary And Alternative Medical Therapy

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Article Date: 26 Apr 2012 - 1:00 PDT Current ratings for:
Treatment Of Lower Back Pain Could Be Improved By Adding Complementary And Alternative Medical Therapy

Nearly 8 of 10 Americans will experience lower back pain at some time in their lives. Persistent low back pain is a common, incapacitating, costly, and a difficult to treat condition. Many patients might benefit significantly from an individualized, multidisciplinary, team-based model of care that includes access to licensed complementary care practitioners (e.g., chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists) in addition to conventional care providers, as demonstrated in a study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article, "A Model of Integrative Care for Low-Back Pain," is available free online at The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine website.*

David M. Eisenberg, MD, and colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA), Group Health Research Institute (Seattle, WA), and Brown University (Providence, RI), compared conventional therapy alone - defined as "usual care" - to the combination of an integrated program of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies plus usual care. They report significant differences between the two randomized patient groups in outcomes which included pain, functional status, and difficulty performing routine, self-identified challenging activities.

CAM therapies were provided by a trained team of healthcare practitioners and included acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, mind-body techniques, and nutritional counseling. Usual care consisted of treatments provided by subjects' primary care physicians and typically included non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), physical therapy and bed rest as needed, education, and changes in activity levels.

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posted by bert kummel on 27 Apr 2012 at 10:25 am

Is the improvement with CAM physical or psychological in origin. The intensive attention of CAM may be the real benefit rather than any tissue change.

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