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Causes of Back Pain Can be Eliminated with Laser Spine Surgery
When you get the first inkling of back or neck pain, there’s always the hope that it will resolve on its own, with a little time and a few ibuprofen or aspirin. Most of the time, we’re that lucky. But other times the pain not only stays, it intensifies. In those cases, the causes of back pain are likely spinal conditions that may not go away without treatment. That’s because many of these conditions, which include pinched nerves, herniated disc, sciatica, foraminal stenosis, and ruptured disc, are caused by a bone, disc, or other type of tissue pressing on a nerve. This causes irritation and inflammation, and unless the tissue causing the pressure moves, the pain won’t subside. Occasionally that happens naturally, but other times we need medical intervention.
That intervention can come in many forms including:
- Physical therapy
- Spinal decompression
- Stretching
- Hot & cold compresses
- Over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications and pain killers
- Braces
- Chiropractic visits
- Epidural steroid injections
- Surgery
Often, a combination of these therapies will be used to ease your pain, and your doctor may try them in succession until they find the best solution. For a portion of people, surgery will end up being the best treatment. If that’s the case for you, you’ll want to consider surgery at the Laser Spine Institute. We perform our procedures using techniques that cause minimal damage to the tissue surrounding the affected area, so they are less painful than traditional surgeries, come with less risks, and have a shorter recovery time.
If this sounds like a good way to eliminate the cause or causes of your back pain, contact us today. We’ll review your CT scan or MRI free of charge.