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University of South Australia: Pain Misconceptions Push One in Four People Towards Spinal Surgery
December 11, 2025
ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of South Australia issued the following news release:

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Pain misconceptions push one in four people towards spinal surgery

If you live with constant lower back pain, surgery can start to look like the only way out. Yet new research from the University of South Australia shows that it's mindset, more than pain severity, that's pushing people towards surgery they may not need.

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