The Current System Fails Back Pain Sufferers. Unfortunately, you have not been getting the truth when it comes to getting rid of your back problem. Because diagnosing back pain is a difficult and time-consuming process, many doctors have helped encourage the thought that having back pain is a normal progression of life.

I am here to tell you that it is not. I often tell patients that the advice they've gotten is a half truth because most of the time they are getting only a small portion of the diagnostic and therapeutic options. Each doctor brings to the situation a background from a particular specialty; as a result, he or she is not prepared to look at all of the possible causes of your back problem. Each doctor sees only a small percentage of the possible solutions because he or she bases the treatment on a very small piece of information.

Although doctors are well intentioned, our segmenting of health professionals by specialty works against the patient in areas such as back pain, which requires a broader perspective and an interdisciplinary approach. Only by stepping back to evaluate the whole person and the why of the problem can an effective treatment be found. This approach is often the only means by which some people are able to rid themselves of their back problem.