Emotional outlook and stress, not structural concerns, are the No. 1 factor for back pain, according to a study from Stanford University.
ATLANTA—Back pain is an epidemic and Dr. Todd Sinett, a New York-based chiropractor and author of 3 Weeks to a Better Back, says we’ve been taking the wrong approach treating it.
“We have a high-tech and high-intervention model that is not working,” he says. “I don’t believe back pain is all that complicated. The reason we have this epidemic is we only look at a third of the diagnosis.”
Sinett says back pain is a symptom of an overall inflammatory problem that is either structural, nutritional or digestive, or emotional. Most evaluation and treatment for back pain is focused on structural concerns, but emotional outlook and stress is the No. 1 factor for back pain, according to a study from Stanford University, he said. Issues with nutrition or digestion can result in chemical imbalances that lead to inflammation and back pain.
