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A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc - This is why 90% of low back pain is simply labeled "nonspecific."
This isn't a medical diagnosis. It’s an admission that the cause was never looked for.
It places patients on a standardized "escalation ladder" where medications and steroid injections often weaken ligaments and worsen the injury.
https://x.com/MidwesternDoc/status/2109790355319148742

A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc - Modern medicine acts as a sales funnel.
In a 15-minute-visit model, doctors have no time to identify the actual cause of a patient’s condition. Instead, they refer them to profitable medical services that manage symptoms rather than curing them.
https://x.com/MidwesternDoc/status/2109790097206038947

A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc - Despite her father (a physician) repeatedly begging for a cricothyrotomy kit, the medical staff failed to take the complication seriously until it was too late.
Talia’s tragic story is the ultimate cost of a system that prioritizes "lucrative services" over root-cause healing.
Her full story can be found here:
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/healing-back-pain-and-ending-the
https://x.com/MidwesternDoc/status/2109789928410280384

A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc - Talia Goldenberg was only 23. A former gymnast and artist with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), she was told a cervical spine fusion would improve her life.