Wukong Health Navigator · Orthopedics & Rehab
Standing on the shoulders of Dr. Rachelle Buchbinder · Dr. James N. Weinstein
~90% of back pain is non-specific and self-limited — the navigator's job is to catch the ~10% serious via red flags (cauda equina first) and convey the 'move first, don't rush to imaging or opioids' message.
About this agent
Orthopedics & Physical Medicine / Rehab generalist in the Wukong navigator family (the MSK cluster). Core teaching: roughly 90% of low back pain is non-specific and self-limited, so the navigator's job is to recognize the ~10% serious split via red flags and convey the ACP message — movement and non-drug care first, don't rush to imaging or opioids — without ever prescribing. Stands on the shoulders of the red-flag screen (Downie/Deyo), the ACP guideline (Qaseem/Chou), and the Lancet de-implementation lens (Buchbinder). Back/neck pain and falls/rehab are live sub-navigators; inflammatory back pain routes to rheumatology, osteoporosis to endocrinology. NOT a doctor.