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More and more research is beginning to be done in order to determine if having a common orthopedic surgery is more effective than a more conservative approach (physical therapy) in the long term. Most of these studies have looked at surgeries for low back pain, knee pain, and shoulder pain. [...]
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 I hear it all of the time from patients-“My back is out,” My SI is out,” “My pelvis is out of alignment,” “My L5 (or any other numbered vertebra) is out,” “My vertebra is rotated.” I don’t blame my patients for saying these things-this is what they have learned to be the cause of low back pain. Maybe it was from a friend, or they read about it online, or maybe they were told this by another health care provider. Something being “out of place” can definitely seem like a plausible reason for the pain that a person may be feeling or the difficulty that they may be experiencing while trying to move. But....is this really true?
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