Back pain treatment: How do we decide when – or if – to intervene?

14/05/2025 18 min
Back pain treatment: How do we decide when – or if – to intervene?

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Episode Synopsis

Back pain tops the charts as the world's leading cause of pain and disability. But do we really know which treatments work? We interview esteemed spinal neurosurgeon Dr Ralph Mobbs, principal investigator of the SUcceSS study, run by Professor Manuela Ferreira and the Musculoskeletal research team at The George Institute for Global Health. By participating in this and other research, Dr. Mobbs is on a mission to generate much-needed evidence into the effectiveness of interventions such as surgery to treat degenerative spine conditions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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