Treating back pain with drugs ‘should be a last resort’: Doctors say massage, exercise and yoga should be tried first to relieve the problem

Back pain should only be treated with painkillers as a last resort, experts warned last night.

Massage, exercise and yoga should all be tried before drugs are prescribed, doctors in the US said.

In a review of the evidence, the American College of Physicians said pills should only be used after physical therapies had failed.

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