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low back pain Tue Jul 27th @ 8:00am by Paul Ingraham

Can low back pain be treated with hope?

My short answer is: yes, and I call it “the confidence cure” (see The Mind Game In Low Back Pain). But it’s a deliciously complex subject. Steve Kamper writing for Body in Mind raises a number of good questions:

… just pump up the expectation volume and you get extra bang for your treatment buck. But what if the expectation effect is all you are getting?

A nice little read for therapists.

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