Back Pain treatment

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Back Pain treatment

• Suffering from severe back pain? Learn the facts
  about back pain causes and the various treatment
  strategies today.

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What are the symptoms of back pain?

• The common symptoms of back pain include

1. Severe pain when you trying to move around or
   rotate to either side
2. The pain is typically shooting or stabbing by
   nature

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What are the symptoms of back pain?

• The common symptoms of back pain include

1. The pain may also radiate to the legs
2. There is limited flexibility and the range of
   motion is usually limited

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What are the common causes of back pain?

• Back pain can be of two types, acute or chronic.
  Acute back pain lasts usually for less than 6
  weeks and subsides on its own. Chronic back pain
  lasts for more than 3 months.

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Given below are some conditions that are linked
to back pain

1. Muscle or ligament strain A muscle or ligament
   strain can result on lifting a heavy weight or
   from sudden movement. Poor physical fitness and
   poor health in general can also result in back
   pain
2. Arthritis Osteoarthritis of the spine can also
   result in back pain. A narrowing of space around
   the spinal column can result in a condition
   called spinal stenosis

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Given below are some conditions that are linked
to back pain

1. Osteoporosis With increasing age, your bones
   become brittle. The spinal column is also subject
   to ageing. Sometimes a compression fracture from
   a fall/injury can result in severe pain
2. Herniated disk Disk are nothing but soft tissues
   that act as cushions in between the bones of your
   spine. Sometimes these disks can degenerate or
   bulge out, leading to compression of the nerves
   that come out of your spinal column. This can
   lead to severe radiating pain or numbness in one
   or both your legs

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How to treat back pain?

• Unfortunately, there are numerous bogus products
  in the market that try to capitalize on the lack
  of patient knowledge as far as spine conditions
  are concerned. Using these products is actually
  causes more harm than benefit.

The treatment of back pain first begins with a
proper physical exam and trying to understand as
to why the back pain began in the first place.
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Some tests that your orthopedic doctor would
order for back pain include

1. A simple X-Ray
2. CT or MRI to specifically look at the discs or
   ligaments
3. Blood tests to rule out any infection
4. Nerve studies to see specifically whether there
   is nerve root compression from the herniated disk

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After a diagnosis is made, treatment of back pain
is usually by a combination of

• Simple Medications
• Ice, rest and heat and
• Physical therapy

Surgery for low back ache is only indicated when
simple treatments completely fail. Most back pain
treatments in coimbatore are fairly
straightforward so relax and do not ever worry!
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