Chris Maher
@CGMMaher
Co-Director, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health; Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.
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http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/christopher.maher.php 09-04-2009 21:32:00
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The most common complaint among people with chronic pain is low back pain.
Researchers (University of Sydney, UNSW + Macquarie University) explain what treatments do – and don’t – work. theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f…
Lots of people getting in touch about Four Corners coverage of spinal cord stimulators and back pain. Good to see this industry again under the microscope!
Key missing point: we do have good treatments for back pain. Not enough people have heard of them. buff.ly/3vKaNr9
The 1st time a company representative ‘showcased’ the ‘effectiveness’ of spinal stimulators I could not believe what I was hearing. That was in 2017 and in a ‘multidisciplinary’ pain management course. Upset but not shocked when I watched #pain_factory
iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corn…
Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
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Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Nerita 🐚 Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Cochrane ABC News Mark Butler MP Adrian Traeger Chris Maher Dr Skeptic Stephen Gilbert Sydney Health Sydney Health EMCR Sydney MSK Me too!! Sad it takes peoples suffering and voice to drive it.
Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Peter O'Sullivan Cochrane ABC News Mark Butler MP Adrian Traeger Chris Maher Dr Skeptic Stephen Gilbert Sydney Health Sydney Health EMCR Sydney MSK So glad I said no to this! The pain clinic I visited pushed this so hard. My psychologist (at that clinic) warned me quietly that it’s unlikely to work & is pushed because of the huge monetary gains 😞
Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm theconversation.com/evidence-doesn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand