The nerve-rich facet joints on the back side of each spinal bone are a common cause of back pain. If these pairs of interlocking "fingers" aren't moving right, they can cause painful symptoms. Some people will experience a burning lower back pain.
The discs between spinal bones can be a source of back pain, too. These rings of fibrous tissues act as spacers, connectors and "shock absorbers" for the spine. Trauma can cause the soft, pulpy material in the middle to bulge or herniate, putting pressure on delicate nearby nerves.
Is there a cure for lower back pain? If you are interested in defeating back pain forever, you have several choices. One approach is bed rest, but research shows that prolonged bed rest can actually delay recovery and make the problem worse! Your muscles will weaken and tighten, causing extreme pain.
Physical Therapy and massage is another option. However unless chiropractic is included, exercising and massaging will only give you so much pain relief. Those spinal joints that aren't working must be corrected through chiropractic. That is why at South Bay Sports & Injury Center we all work together. Doesn't that just make sense?
Another choice is to numb or cover up the pain with drugs. Drugs that must go through your liver or kidney, drugs that can hurt these organs and be highly addictive...drugs can offer temporary relief, but do NOTHING to correct functional problems or affected spinal joints.
The most drastic measure is surgery. A laminectomy cuts off the offending facet joints, leaving the spinal cord exposed!! A spinal fusion cuts out the disc tissue and immobilizes the joint. While there are times surgery makes sense, it's expensive, risky and more than half of all back surgeries fail! Not good odds at all.
Chiropractic, massage and Physical therapy are safe and natural, with much better odds at success than surgery. It just makes sense!
There is a lot of questions about needing Chiropractic care forever. In short here is a response. After patients get the relief they want, many choose to continue with some type of periodic care. These maintenance visits can help support the final stages of healing and help detect and resolve new problems that life will throw at your body. How long you want to receive chiropractic care is completely up to you.