Dr Hisey Talks About How the New Guidelines for Treating Lower Back Pain Will Affect You

Spine Talk

The ancient Chinese and Indian healthcare providers who were masters of acupuncture, yoga and tai chai must surely be smiling in their afterlife. In a report released during the second week of February 2017, the American College of Physicians released new guidelines for dealing with the most common maladies affecting modern mankind – lower back pain – with these ancient health techniques before prescription drugs and surgery are employed. Many medical experts called these guidelines “historical” in their implication for treating back pain. According to nationwide media reports, such as this one from the Wall Street Journal, the primary reason for the issuance of these new guidelines lies in the epidemic of opioid addiction. “Opioids, one of the most commonly prescribed medications for pain relief and the source of the increasing addiction and death, should only be considered for chronic back pain when other alternatives – natural and prescription – don’t work”, say the guidelines, which were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Even over-the-counter medicines such as acetaminophen, which is the primary ingredient in the popular pain medicine Tylenol, is no longer recommended for acute back pain. These new guidelines will most likely influence how doctors such as those at Texas Back Institute treat patients with back pain. However, one of these highly-respected and world-class spinal surgeons, Dr. Michael Hisey, feels most back surgeons and spine experts have been following these guidelines for many years. These Guidelines Have Been Evolving for Several Years... Read the full post here: http://texasback.com/about-us/blog/how-the-new-guidelines-for-treating-lower-back-pain-will-affect-you/