Nearly One-Third of Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain Were Pain Free After Nine Months

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Slightly more than one-third, 35%, of patients suffering from chronic lower-back pain for at least three months were pain-free within nine months. Four out of ten, 41%, were pain free within a year. Individuals with previous sick leave due to low back pain, high disability, or high pain intensity levels, low levels of education, who perceived themselves as having higher risk of persistent pain, and those born overseas, were more likely to have delayed recovery from their chronic low back pain episode. These are findings from a report . . .