Surgery for Back Pain Is Not Always Necessary

The first step when you have back pain is for you to recognize and find solutions to the problem. Recognize that it is back pain.
But myofascial dysfunction is probably the culprit and the answer to most problems of back pain. It is the most common - and most diagnosed.


The biggest fear that people face when they have back pain is to have a herniated disc and may result in surgery. The answer is simple, people with back pain do not need surgery, even if you have a herniated disc. Therefore, this report will tell you to avoid a surgeon again that the first recommendation is to go "under the knife" at least initially.

At the same time, do not avoid first consult a physician in charge of the pain that specializes only in nerve blocks, because he or she will probably recommend repeated epidural nerve blocks with a very questionable effectiveness.

The most common reason most people have back pain myofascial dysfunction is the deep spasm, chronic muscle surgery can not help. What is therapy can help as physical therapist combined with drugs to keep the pain on a temporary basis while seeing the therapist. For "non-traditional" treatment, such as acupuncture and yoga should be considered.

· Pain Medicine
· Active PT
· Therapeutic massage
· Acupuncture
· Yoga

If you have back pain, it is likely that, at bottom, radiating type of pain sometimes pulls in the buttocks and legs and / or hips. Often described as "burning" or "strong." Most people, however, describe their pain as "deep" and "pain." If you have back pain that can be felt "shooting" and "radiant" in the legs.

With most people with back pain often suffer deep pain that is caused by tight muscles in his back and tender. When these muscles are in spasm often experience chronic pain where the muscles are located and other areas. This is called referred pain. This referred pain may be felt in other parts of the body such as the buttocks, legs and hips, even in their toes and is called myofascial pain. Some people with back pain can not be felt in all these areas.

These muscles, calls for tender may have a spasm that can cause tight knots called myofascial trigger points. Trigger points in the lower back can cause pain in your lower back to the hips and buttocks or shooting pains in the legs. It is a fact that most doctors are taught that pain in the leg and foot is caused by sciatica, in other words, if you feel pain in the lower back is usually because they form nerve in the lumbar spine and that is an inflated for most doctors disk automatically assume that it is a surgery, if that's what they learned, what they know. Most doctors know nothing of pain. As I do not take over management of pain.
His answer is more likely that the surgery, which is usually not necessary.