What causes back pain?

  • Your back, from top to bottom, is a complex system of 24 vertebrae separated by disks, connected by ligaments, and supported by muscles and tendons.

  • This incredible structure works together to provide support and movement for your body, as well as protection for your spinal cord and the nerves that branch out to the rest of your body. Excess tension, stress, and injury can damage any part of this system, leading to pain, spasms, and debilitating symptoms.    

Frequent Causes of Back Pain Include:

  • Muscle Strain / Ligament Sprain

  • Degenerative Disk Disease / Degenerative Joint Disease

  • Bulging or Herniated Disk

  • Spinal Radiculopathy

  • Spinal Stenosis

  • Spondylolisthesis / Spondylolysis

  • Spinal Vertebral Fractures

  • Scoliosis

  • Pregnancy

  • Obesity

  • and others

Treating Back Pain

There are three main treatment approaches for treating back pain.

1. First-Line Conservative Therapies including chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage.

2. Pain Medication including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), muscle relaxant drugs, and highly addictive opioid medications.

3. Invasive Surgery including disk repair or removal, spinal fusion, or other invasive procedures.

Before taking pain pills and muscle relaxants or scheduling back surgery, you owe it to yourself to try chiropractic.

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