Back pain — what works and what doesn't

Health Report - Separate stories podcast

Back pain is a common form of chronic pain – especially low back pain. And most of the time the cause is unclear.

Surgeries and injections have been used in the past but the evidence against those interventions is mounting.

So why are they still being done? And what are the evidence-based options out there for people who are struggling with back pain?

Guest/s

• Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, rheumatologist and head of Musculoskeletal Health at Monash University

References

• Commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain: a clinical practice guideline - British Medical Journal