It's the arrogance and conceit of this man that sticks in my craw. From what I've heard it's not uncommon in the UK for this attitude to prevail towards people with spinal problems but when there's clear evidence of pathology I wonder if it's a defence mechanism on the part of a surgeon who's not up to his job to state that symptoms are being caused by a patients background.
What I'd really like to do is get this subject the oxygen of publicity - I don't think this rationale is applied in other areas of medicine - only back problems.
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