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Article: EXPERTS SAY CHIROPRACTIC, ASPIRIN HELP LOW BACK PAIN

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December 9, 1994
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Chiropractors get a boost and surgeons a setback in new, government- backed guidelines on how to treat low back pain. For most sufferers, they say, problems will go away on their own within a month. In the interim, the experts said Thursday, the best advice is to spend no more than two or three days in bed, take over-the-counter painkillers and start moderate, low-stress exercise such as walking or swimming as soon as possible.

The new guidelines for acute low back pain frown on surgery and a host of high-cost tests - including X-rays, CT ...

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