Tips to Manage Back Pain
Back muscle pain has many sources. In general, there are so many experts out there concerning back muscle pain that I am now wholly convinced that no one knows what the heck they are talking about in this entire specialty. One day surgery is good, the next it’s bad. The alternative medicine people will extol the virtues of acupuncture to nutrition. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. There are more pillows and beds and commercial crap you can buy than there is room in the entire state of Rhode Island.
How can a reasonable person try to help themselves with back pain when the medical specialties are in such disagreement?
1. Be your own best doctor. We often are more discriminating when buying a car than when seeking medical advice. After some period of time, you will know which mix of interventions help more than others. I am often amazed when a patient comes to me and says that they have back pain and have been in physical therapy for 3 years and it does not help. What exactly were they thinking after the first year?
2. Understand the source of your back pain. Some people have back muscle pain from a degenerative condition, like arthritis. The joints in the back of the spine can wear and cause pain. Other sources of back pain can be from a sudden injury or muscle strain. Sometimes the muscle pain is due to a nerve being irritated by some disc material in the spine. There are even many valid theories that stress causes back pain. If you try to get a handle on the origin of the muscle pain then this is a good place to start.
3. See the right doctor. There are many physicians out there – family medicine, internal medicine, rheumatologist, orthopaedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, chiropractor, and others – that have a keen interest in back muscle pain. There are may more from each of these specialties that don’t care as much about back pain. Choose a physician who has back pain high on their list of diseases they want to treat.
4. Do not listen to lawyers. Many patient hurt their back on the job, in a motor vehicle accident, or in a slip and fall. The lawyer you choose may send you to a group of doctors who do every test under the sun and a series of bogus treatments not designed to make you better but to build your legal case. The only time a lawyer refers a case to me is when the first doctor, who was probably in their pocket, messed up the case so much, they actually need a real doctor to bail them out. While it is possible that the doctor your lawyer sends you to is good, ask around; you will probably find otherwise.
5. Understand that there will probably not be one single treatment method that will work on its own. I have generally seen that combinations of drugs, rest, exercise, physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, and more are needed in many situations. While it is important to try a number of these modalities, set a time limit on each of them. If there is no improvement within the first two months from a specific modality, the chances of it helping in the long run are low.
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