OK, so I was at the Royal Albert Hall, and I was live, and I did have a copy of Back Together with me. So I was stretching it a little- but with your continued support of Back Together, maybe someday…
Travel was uneventful- I utilized my own back pain prevention tips as outlined in my previous post- and alas got off the plane with no back pain. Interestingly there were two other physician going to the same conference who did NOT. They carried wrong, sat wrong, and slept in every twisted way they could.While one of them arrived fine, the other, whom I shared a cab ride with confessed that he had chronic back pain, and was worse off following the trip. Now, keep in mind this is a physician who treats back pain-he proceeded to tell me that there really was nothing he could do about it.
If you are familiar with my work and writing, you already know that I firmly believe that there is very little in the back pain world which is immune to treatment of some sort. I really did not like hearing (from a physician no less) that there was nothing he could do about it. I parted with one of the two copies of my book which I brought with me, and asked him to email me in a couple of months to report on his progress. I will keep you posted.
Tomorrow, I will be doing a video interview with an critical care nurse who works here in London. She has had extensive exposure to the British approach to nationalized health care, as well as the Australian system- which has a need-threshold system of distribution. Perhaps will share some insights into some of the things we in America seem to have anxiety about.
I look forward to hearing your questions and comments. As always, be well.
-Andy
The Royal Albert Hall
