Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Why the Medical System is Failing Low Back Pain 🚨

21 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, Jeff Langmaid critiques the current medical management of low back pain, highlighting three pervasive problems: patients demanding advanced imaging early, clinicians overprescribing medications, and even other doctors providing care that contradicts established evidence. He emphasizes that scientific consensus clearly shows that patient education is crucial, unnecessary imaging offers no benefit, and excessive medication use creates additional issues. Despite this knowledge, the healthcare system repeatedly reverts to outdated habits, leading to suboptimal outcomes for patients with low back pain.

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Maybe you've had a patient that's pushed hard for advanced imaging really early. Maybe you've had somebody who's kind of dead set on medications being the answer to their challenges. Or maybe you've had even other doctors in your community who have practiced the care of low back pain. I'll be ginger and say creatively, AKA not at all what they should be doing. And this is probably something that you see all day, every day in and around your community and with your patients. And we live in a pretty weird space right now where the science is really clear on low back pain. Education matters. Unnecessary advanced imaging does not help. Over reliance on medication creates more problems than it solves. Yet pretty much the medical system keeps drifting back to their old habits.