Nothing pisses off a back pain sufferer more than hearing someone say, Its all in your head. But thats basically what Seattle spine surgeon David Hanscom, M.D., has told more than 600 of his patients.

A lot of us struggle with back pain, whether it’s a knot in the shoulder, a tight lower back, kink in the neck, or generalized pain in difficult-to-reach locations. Eighty percent of us will ...