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5 things you should know about back pain

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Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

• November 2022

Back pain is as common as it is complicated, and easy fixes are hard to find. Shedding light on this universal ailment, Dr. Jen Gunter shares five things we should all know about back pain, including possible causes, over-hyped treatments to avoid as well as research-backed therapies to talk to your doctor about in order to find some relief. For more on how your body works, tune in weekly to her podcast Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter, from the TED Audio Collective.

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Back pain is as common as it is complicated, and easy fixes are hard to find. Shedding light on this universal ailment, Dr. Jen Gunter shares five things we should all know about back pain, including possible causes, over-hyped treatments to avoid as well as research-backed therapies to talk to your doctor about in order to find some relief. For more on how your body works, tune in weekly to her podcast Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter, from the TED Audio Collective.

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OB/GYN, pain medicine physician

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Jen Gunter is on a mission to correct the misinformation and disinformation that infects online medical resources.

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Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter, a TED original podcast

Dr. Jen Gunter busts the lies you're told — and sold — about your health, debunking some of the stickiest myths out there while helping you to understand how your body really works.

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