Research
Back pain: How your doctor's words could influence your recovery
The Brief
- Back pain in the story's example case usually settles within a few weeks but here persisted for 12 weeks.
- The article discusses how a doctor's words may influence back pain recovery.
- Worry is described as increasingly affecting the patient alongside physical pain.
Why it matters
The article suggests clinical communication may affect how long back pain lasts, which matters for how clinicians and science readers think about recovery beyond physical causes.
Who’s affected
- clinicians treating back pain
- patients with persistent back pain
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- #chronic pain
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Jenny's back pain usually settles within a few weeks. This time, 12 weeks have passed and it still intrudes on her life. Getting dressed hurts. Sitting through work is difficult. And something else is becoming harder to ignore: worry.
Timeline
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Back pain: How your doctor's words could influence your recovery