You Can Find Relief from Lower Back Pain Symptoms

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You Can Find Relief from Lower Back Pain Symptoms

If you’re looking for non-surgical ways to relieve your lower back pain symptoms, the first step is to talk with your primary care physician, your orthopedist, or your rheumatologist. He or she will ask you to describe your symptoms in detail, specifying the location, the nature, the frequency, and the severity of your pain.

Granted, sometimes it can be hard to put your pain into words, so below are a few common symptoms to help you get a better sense of how to describe them to your doctor:

Pain that seems to be localized around the area of your lower back
Pain that seems to travel; this pain may begin in your lower back, but you may find that it radiates down through your buttocks and into your legs
A sporadic or persistent tingling in or around your lower back; similar to a “pins-and-needles” sensation
Numbness in the lumbar region of your spine
A sense of weakness; bending forward or arching back and feeling like you may not have the strength to return to an upright position

Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may recommend treatments like pain medication, hot and cold compresses, or steroid injections. Many people who suffer from pain in the lumbar region of the spine have also reported finding relief from sessions of mild chiropractic work or gentle physical therapy.

You should keep in mind that it is always best to attempt non-surgical treatments before making the decision to undergo surgery, but if you’ve attempted a conventional pain-relief regimen and are still suffering, what’s the next step? After talking with your doctor, he or she may suggest you consider surgical treatment for your lower back pain symptoms. Before you make a decision, however, make sure you understand the different types of surgeries that are available to you. While traditional invasive surgeries are open-back procedures that require general anesthesia, a hospital stay, risk of scarring, and a long recovery period, there are minimally-invasive alternatives.

The medical team at Laser Spine Institute (LSI) is ready to talk to you about these minimally invasive alternatives. We’re at the forefront of endoscopic technology and can treat your spine problems on an outpatient basis with no general anesthesia. Additionally, these procedures promise a greatly expedited recovery period.

Contact us today for a review of your MRI or CT scan, completely free of charge. We’ve helped thousands of people rediscover a life without pain—let us do the same for you.

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