Myths
of Back Pain
Myth
: Drugs are most important for treatment of back
pain.
Reality : Drugs have temporary and not
curative effect. Medication should be used
sparingly during the acute phase and that too
for a short time. Evidence-based studies of
lower back pain have clearly shown that the most
important way to restore a spine’s function is
to exercise the back. Only when the spine
regains its mobility, strength and full range of
flexibility, is is considered to be healed.
Simply getting rid of the pain is not the
recovery. The functional deficit that results in
the pain usually persists even after the pain
has gone. If it is not restored to normal this
functional deficit can cause back pain
again.
