And you get an abnormal mri, well, that scares the socks off of you, triggers the doom loop, and you're more likely to get surgery. Been there. But head to head against conservative care, Surgery is no more effective [than conservative care] and it has a 21 fold increased risk of side effects. And then this is the statistic. People my age, 70, 70% of us have abnormal backs who have no pain at all. (53:49–53:56)
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Asserts that surgery is not more effective than conservative care and has higher side effect risks.
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