Tips to Avoid Lower Back Pain

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Tips to Avoid Lower Back Pain

If you’re experiencing lower back pain, then finding relief is no doubt a top priority. Although the best way to do this is dependent upon your specific condition, there are a number of general recommendations to help you minimize symptoms without invasive intervention.

Three frequently suggested ways to avoid lower back pain are:

Rest - Perhaps the most obvious way to minimize pain, rest allows your body the opportunity to heal itself, giving the lower back time to recover from any injuries it may have sustained. Rest can also minimize any irritation to nerve roots caused by excess movement, which in turn reduces inflammation.
Exercise - Because the lower back supports so much of the body’s weight, losing a few pounds with exercise can help reduce back pain in this area by reducing pressure on the spine. Low-impact exercises like walking and swimming are often the best bet, although it’s important to check with your doctor before beginning any exercise routine to ensure that you are healthy enough and won’t further aggravate your condition.
Strength training - As with cardiovascular exercise, it’s important to get approval from your doctor before training with weights, but if you have been cleared, strength exercises can help you avoid lower back pain. Strong abdominal and back muscles provide stability to the spine.

Treatments to Avoid Lower Back Pain

If you’ve tried these techniques with little or no success, then you may want to consider other conservative ways to avoid lower back pain, including:

Epidural steroid injections
Physical therapy
Ice and heat application
Prescription medication
Over the counter painkillers

When the conservative treatment options above have failed to bring relief and you still experience debilitating symptoms, your doctor may recommend surgery. However, you should know that open back surgeries are not the only way to avoid pain. There is a successful alternative treatment known as a minimally invasive spine procedure that is used to treat conditions including bulging disc, bone spurs, herniated disc, facet joint disease, and more.

For more information on ways to avoid lower back pain, or the endoscopic spinal procedures performed at Laser Spine Institute, contact us. We’ll review your MRI or CT scan free of charge and let you know if you could be eligible for one of these procedures.

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