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British Medical Journal Study Dispels Back Pain Medical Myth

submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 4/20/2002
For many years, the medical profession and most of the scientific community have held the belief that "80-90% of attacks of low-back pain recover in about six weeks, irrespective of the administration or type of treatment." Now a new study published in the British Medical Journal dispels this myth.

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