Acute Low Back Pain Does Not Benefit From Spinal Manipulative Therapy Or Diclofenac

If you suffer from acute low back pain, are receiving recommended first line-care, you do not recover any faster if you are receiving spinal manipulative therapy and/or diclofenac, according to an article in The Lancet, this week’s issue. (Diclofenac is marketed as Voltaren, Voltarol, Diclon, Dicloflex Difen, Difene, Cataflam, Pennsaid, Rhumalgan, Modifenac, Abitren, Arthrotec and Zolterol. [click link for full article]

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