Ineffective Treatment Often Prescribed For Lower Back Pain, Report Says [npr.org]

Chances are, you — or someone you know — has suffered from lower back pain.

It can be debilitating. It's a leading cause of disability globally.

And the number of people with the often-chronic condition is likely to increase.

This warning comes via a series of articles published in the medical journal Lancet in March. They state that about 540 million people have lower back pain — and they predict that the number will jump as the world's population ages and as populations in lower- and middle-income countries move to urban centers and adopt more sedentary lives.

[For more on this story by RINA SHAIKH-LESKO, go to https://www.npr.org/sections/g...-for-lower-back-pain]