Task Force Presents Evidence-Based Recommendations on Neck Pain
A report by the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders to be published in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Spine stresses the need for a systematic, evidence-based approach to neck pain. The study can be read here.
The report names PT, exercise, manual therapy done by a chiropractor and pain medications as treatment options for neck pain, but says that there are "no important differences" between competing treatment options for nonspecific neck pain and that the choice "depends on the patient's and physician's preferences." What do you think?