For millions of chronic low back pain sufferers, the road to relief has long resembled a blindfolded stumble through a diagnostic minefield. But now, a team of spine specialists has introduced a breakthrough roadmap—a structured algorithm that may finally shine a light on one of back pain’s most elusive culprits: lumbar discogenic pain.
Published July 1, 2025, in the Journal of Pain Research, the paper, titled “A Proposed Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithm for the Management of Lumbar Discogenic Pain“—by Morgan P. Lorio, D.O. (Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine), Jon E. Block, Ph.D. (San Francisco private practice)—delivered a methodical yet practical way for clinicians to identify, categorize, and treat what could account for up to 70% of all chronic low back pain cases.
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