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Chronic Back Pain Chronic back pain is one of
the most difficult medical problems to treat. There were so
many things I did to my back as a teenager and young adult. They
weren't intentional, they were all accidents, but if I had known how
all those injuries would build up over the years and come back to
haunt me,
Dr. Jay Reibel I would have sought immediate treatment.
The time I did a
flip over a gymnastic horse and landed on my tailbone on the horse
and then bounced to the floor on my tailbone, probably helped bring
on chronic back pain later in life. And that is just one example;
there are plenty of others.
Sometimes chronic pain is unresponsive to common forms of medical treatment of nerve damage or perhaps an old injury did not heal correctly. Successful treatment of chronic back pain is often found in using several types of treatment at once. For example, your doctor may suggest drug therapy along with physical therapy. The first goal in the treatment of chronic back pain is to get you functioning as normally as possible. The second goal should be to prevent recurring problems.
Surgery is an option, but is not the preferred method of treatment. Any decent doctor and surgeon will use back surgery as an absolute last resort in back treatment because of its invasive nature. Most problems can be corrected with conservative treatment so you can avoid surgery. I cannot stress enough how important it is to seek medical help if you continue to have back problems. A friend of mine walked around for months with a broken back because she did not want to go to the doctor. She had a vertebra that was literally severed in two; the doctor could not believe she was walking. What she got for her stubbornness was surgery and months of recovery. So heed this advice; if you have recurring back pain go to your doctor so they can help you prevent it from getting worse. |
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Chronic Back Pain Treatment Guide 2010 -
Chronic
back
pain is
one of the most difficult medical problems to treat. We will show you in brief
the treatment
options available. |