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Chronic Back Pain Symptoms

Chronic back pain symptoms are defined as those that last more than three months. Associated symptoms can run the gamut, manifesting as anything from mild tingling in one arm, to burning pain that shoots down one leg and into the foot. Regardless of the severity of your symptoms, it is important to be attuned to your pain, its location, and its nature, and its duration, so that you can accurately describe it to your primary care physician. This way, your physician can diagnose the problem and tailor a schedule of chronic back pain treatment to your personal needs.

Your spine is made up of a series of vertebrae, protective discs, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. The nerves help coordinate signals between the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Generally, chronic back pain symptoms arise from a damaged intervertebral disc that puts stress on the nerves. Discs are damaged as they begin to break down with age, or they can be weakened due to overuse or injury.

The location of your back pain can help your doctor isolate whether the damaged disc and pinched nerve resides in the lumbar (lower), thoracic (middle), or cervical (upper) regions of the spine. To prepare yourself for your doctor’s visit, consider the following questions:

• Do I feel pain in one or both of my legs?
• Does the pain seem to radiate, or shoot, down my legs?
• Do I feel pain in my tail bone?
• Do I feel pain around my rib cage?
• Does my neck hurt?
• Does a tingling sensation ever occur?
• Do I ever experience loss of feeling?
• Do I ever experience muscle weakness?
• What movements are most difficult for me?

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Once your doctor has completed a full physical exam, an MRI or CT scan, and a series of diagnostic questions like the ones above, you will be ready to embark on a course of chronic back pain management. Hopefully, conservative treatments, like oral medication, physical therapy, or mild chiropractic work, will prove efficacious. If not, the experts at Laser Spine Institute (LSI) can provide you with the latest breakthroughs in neck and back pain treatment.

Our minimally-invasive procedures require no general anesthesia and allow for fast recovery periods. Thanks to laser-assisted technology, we can work through extremely small incisions, greatly reducing the risk of infection or scarring. And, since our procedures are outpatient in nature, it means you can be home the same day as your procedure, and many patients even report feeling relief within minutes after the procedure is completed. For a free review of your MRI or CT scan, contact LSI today. We want to help you rediscover a life without chronic back pain symptoms.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.