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Eliminating back pain treatment that doesn't work

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Low Back Pain Costs Employers Billions - Physical Therapy Can Save Billions?


You might feel like we report on this too much but considering that 90 billion dollars is spent annually, and even with the Internet's ability to share information rapidly, doctors, policy makers and even our patients are slow to adopt new health care methodologies. We hope, in some small way, this story about how Virginia Mason has addressed the issue of low back pain will help spread the word.


May 9, 2010
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