7 REASONS TO AVOID SPINE SURGERY - 5 CEU HOURS

Course overview

This course provides the following: 1. An overview by Drs. Daniel Kassicieh and Harvey Kaltsas on the extent of back surgeries in the US. 2. Citations from peer-reviewed literature of how acupuncture and massage are effective at treating back pain. 3. An essay by Drs. Daniel Kassicieh and Harvey Kaltsas on deleterious effects of surgery on structures of the back which are not reversible. 4. An essay by Drs. Daniel Kassicieh and Harvey Kaltsas on how most causes of back pain cannot be identified, with insight into underlying anatomy and physiology. 5. An essay by Drs. Daniel Kassicieh and Harvey Kaltsas about how spine and disc abnormalities are not the cause of most cases of back pain, how medical imaging methods such as MRI provide invalid rationales for back surgery, and how complications from back surgery are not rare. 6. An essay by Drs. Kassicieh and Kaltsas on reasons for failure of back surgery (including fusions and microdiscectomies), the physiological and economic costs incurred, and the physiological consequences of failed back surgery.