Bed Rest for Back Pain Delays Recovery by 3–4 Weeks — A 1995 NEJM Study Showed This #shorts @AaronHartmanMD
Bed Rest for Back Pain Delays Recovery by 3–4 Weeks — A 1995 NEJM Study Showed This #shorts @AaronHartmanMD
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A 1995 landmark study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that two days of rest was helpful for back pain, but prolonged bed rest delayed recovery by three to four weeks. The broader pattern Dr. Hartman names: medicine repeatedly takes something beneficial in small amounts and over-applies it until it causes harm. He uses the term “iatrogenic” — harm caused by medical treatment itself.

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Bed Rest for Back Pain Delays Recovery by 3–4 Weeks — A 1995 NEJM Study Showed This #shorts

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