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Your Doctor Knows How to Treat a Sore Back

It happens all the time: while moving sharply or lifting something heavy, you feel a spasm in your back. Maybe you can’t stand up straight afterward; perhaps it hurts for days or weeks. It could be a minor strain, or it could be a spinal injury – they often produce some of the same symptoms, so it’s sometimes difficult to tell. While you can find myriad websites (like this one) with information and advice, it’s important that you visit your physician if you really want to know how to treat a sore back.

There are some very basic reasons for this. First of all, it is difficult to ascertain what is causing lower back pain since the most common back problems share symptoms; second, many common back injuries and ailments respond well to the kind of conservative, non-invasive treatments that your doctor can recommend and, just as importantly, monitor and modify.

Non-Invasive Treatment Options

Typical non-invasive treatment suggestions may include:

• Application of cold and/or heat to reduce pain and swelling
• Use of pain medication and/or anti-inflammatory drugs
• Rest, and perhaps immobilization, if movement is too painful, until normal exercise can resume
• Physical therapy
• Changes in lifestyle

Muscle and ligament injuries of the back will heal themselves over time if the patient follows a conservative plan diligently. Much depends on the details of the treatment regimen, which the doctor must personalize according to the patient’s age, height and weight, and other individual variables.

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Other Treatment Options

Interestingly, many spine issues – such as herniated discs – will often heal after a month or two of such therapy. There is, however, a portion of patients whose back problems will not respond without more involved treatment. In the event that your doctor recommends surgery to correct a spine problem, contact Laser Spine Institute (LSI). Our renowned facility is the home of the most revolutionary technology available for the treatment of spine conditions: laser-assisted endoscopic spine procedures that enable our expert spine surgeons to treat many common spine problems with a minimum of the pain, hassle, and risk associated with conventional open back surgery. To learn more, or to arrange for a free review of your CT scan or MRI, contact LSI today.

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