Social Factors and Pain-Related Disability in Back and Neck Pain

Date Posted:

November 2025

Study Title:

Associations between social factors and spinal pain-related disability in people with back pain and/or neck pain

Authors:

Bijker L, ten Have M, Scholten-Peeters GGM et al.

 

We are always told to practice chiropractic within a biopsychosocial framework. This week, a new study that digs into social factors and how they relate to spine pain-related disability.

This study aimed to clarify these relationships by examining how social factors relate to pain-related disability in people with spinal pain, while controlling for biological and psychological influences. Better defining these connections may help guide both research priorities and clinical strategies for managing spinal pain in everyday practice.