RESEARCH REPORT ASKS IF AMERICANS LOSING BATTLE AGAINST BACK PAIN DESPITE SPENDING 86 BILLION ON BACK PAIN SCIATICA SPINE PAIN TREATMENTS
I had written previously about what a big problem back pain is in the U.S. Over 70% of adults have back pain at some time in their lives. Back pain is the eighth leading reason for a visit to a doctor.Writing that Americans spend $26 billion dollars a year on back pain treatment. Looks like my figures about how much Americans spend on back pain and sciatica need updating. A research report about back pain and spine treatments says the U.S "spending on spine treatments totaled nearly $86 billion in 2005, a rise of 65 percent from 1997, after adjusting for inflation". Even so, the proportion of people with impaired function due to spine problems actually increased during the period, even after controlling for an aging population.
"The report in the Journal of the American Medical Association is the latest to suggest the nation is losing its battle against back pain, and that many popular treatments may be ineffective or overused. Researchers have produced conflicting data about the effectiveness of spinal fusion surgery for back pain, although one major study called Sport, for Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial, showed that spinal surgery patients did better than patients receiving more conservative care, which included medications or physical therapy.
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"The researchers estimated that in 1997, about 21 percent of the adult population suffered from back or neck problems that limited their function. By 2005, that number grew to about 26 percent, after adjusting the numbers for age and sex. It’s not clear why more people appear to be suffering from back and neck pain. It could be that rising obesity rates are taking an added toll on the spine, researchers suggested. Or it could be that excessive treatment of back problems is leading to more problems".
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