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Voice- The Bodyshop with Jennifer Black and Dr. Steve is brought to you by Allegheny Chesapeake Physical Therapy.

Jennifer Black - Good evening, welcome to The Body Shop. Our topic tonight is Back Pain. Dr. Steve this is a huge problem for a lot of people isn't it.

Dr. Steve - It is one of the top reasons for seeking medical care, and 8 out of 10 of us will have an episode in our lives. It is a difficult problem because in so few cases do we know the actual anatomical cause.

There is some good news; trying to find the cause is now taking a back seat to treating the pain.

In the past the treatment recommendations were to rest for a few days, take anti inflammatory medication, possibly muscle relaxors, and if the pain isn't resolved within a month then some kind of imaging, x-ray or MRI

We need to change that approach, now there is evidence that allows in the first 14 days to predict success of treatment.

This is how it works, you get back pain, go see a physical therapist before 15 days, they will perform a series of tests, this cluster of tests is evaluated for how many our positive and how many are negative, if all are positive then there is a likely hood that with just two treatments your back pain will 50 % better.

The research has discovered the tools that best predict success and now we can use them to reduce the pain and suffering

Jennifer Black - This is great news

Dr. Steve - This is great news, so don't wait and suffer, you may be able to change the course of the pain quickly

Jennifer Black -If you want more information contact Dr. Steve at 1-800-NEW-SELF or www.alleghenyChesapeake.com