“The numbers of people suffering low back and neck pain in the US had not changed much, he said, but the spending had soared. Three things were driving the rise, said Dielman: individuals with pain going more often to outpatients’ clinics, increases in the costs and quantity of treatments given to people admitted to hospital, and a larger older population.” Back and neck pain are nothing new. But the way we’re spending money in an effort to feel better is going through the roof. (Maybe all the Internet news has just made us more gullible…)