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YOUR PATIENTS ARE UNIQUE Shouldn't their prescriptions be, too? We don't believe in "one-size-fits-all" when it comes to your patients health. With custom compounded prescriptions, convenient on-site testing and a nutritionist available for consultations, we help care for your - unique patients. Visit or call us today and receive $5 OFF YOUR FIRST PRESCRIPTION ORDER. www.bluejaypharmacy.com 281-251-0904 | 844-251-0904 (toll free) 8344 Spring Cypress Road, Suite A Spring, TX 77379 MEET OUR PHARMACISTS Dr. Kendra McMullin & Dr. Tim Schroeder Nellie Baktashi, Nutritionist Patients May Misattribute Cause of Low Back Pain A SINGLE INCIDENT caused their low back pain, patients often assume. But that assumption may be incorrect, according to a study by Australian researchers. Approximately two-thirds of the nearly 1,000 patients surveyed in the study attributed their low back pain to something they had done the day the pain appeared, according to a Reuters Health summary of the findings. However, incidents even months prior can trigger pain, and those incidents may not involve lifting heavy objects or engaging in other activities that are assumed to create significant risk of back pain. "[W]hile some of the standard triggers were well recognised (such as lifting heavy loads); others (such as being distracted during manual tasks) were under-recognised as possible triggers of an episode of [low back pain]," according to the authors, whose findings appeared in the journal Pain. The World Health Organization estimates lifetime prevalence of non-specific back pain at 60–70 percent among people in developed nations. ■ — By Steve Barrett + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + THAT'SNEWS ❯❯❯

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