Acute management of LOW BACK PAIN: all you need to know

There are so many myths surrounding back pain that it’s hard to find someone without an anecdote about one treatment or another. This is an up-to-date overview of how it should be managed.

I hope it helps you understanding this overly complex topic.
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To use you have to know. To know you have to understand. But that’s not enough, you gotta remember what was the thing you understood.

That’s why simplifications and mnemonics work. If you want to be knowledgeable about a broad topic, and you want this working knowledge to remain, they’re a must.

Peruse the channel and see if there’s more you like. If you have a topic recommendation, feel free to use the comment section or find me @lucasplaining. #foamed
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Também em português:
EN: https://youtu.be/8qc4y89ggBc
PT: https://youtu.be/etHBDbPfuFI
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This video is meant for education and not for directing the treatment of any specific patient. If you need medical advice, get in touch with a doctor.
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Attributions:
-Theme song: In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg
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-whole spinal cord By Amada44 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64233388
-conus medullaris By Dr. Johannes Sobotta - Sobotta&039;s Textbook and Atlas of Human Anatomy 1908, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29190151
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-yellow flags https://www.bmj.com/content/326/7388/535
-dermatomes By © User:Mono / Wikimedia Commons, a sister project of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11183859
-vert compression frx ttt https://www.uptodate.com/contents/osteoporotic-thoracolumbar-vertebral-compression-fractures-clinical-manifestations-and-treatment