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How Back Pain Patients Can Lose Weight Before Surgery
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If your surgeon told you to lose weight before back or knee surgery, you already know how impossible that feels when pain keeps you from moving. This is not a willpower problem. It is a biology problem, and it needs a medical solution. Most patients get told to just eat less and move more, but that advice ignores what chronic pain does to your hormones, your metabolism, and your muscle mass. You end up stuck in a frustrating cycle where the pain that requires surgery is the same pain that prevents you from losing…
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