Living With Chronic Low Back Pain

Summary:

At least 50% of the American population suffers due to chronic low back pain. This is a debilitating condition and can lead to loss of productivity and seriously affect the quality of life. However, there are a lot of treatment options for chronic back pain, but it will vary from one person to another depending on the severity of the pain. Painkillers are the only resort if you have severe back pain. Some of the medications that are commonly prescribed are Xanax, hydrocodone, Vicodin, SomaOnline, as well as Valium.

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Millions of people world over suffer from chronic low back pain and that includes half of the American population as well. After headaches and common cold, backaches are one of the leading causes for absenteeism among the workforce. Hence, it is important to find out the actual cause for the back pain and get to root of the problem. After finding the cause the physician can help in drawing a proper treatment plan. There are a number of people who have been diagnosed with disc herniation or a degenerative bone disease. This is then followed by a visit to the healthcare provider. Very often patients who suffer from serious problems such as this are advised surgery. While some people may opt for surgery, there are many who choose not to go under the knife.

After deciding against going in for surgery, patients have to face another set of problems. They have to deal with the indifference of the medical professionals, who somehow feel that the surgery is the ultimate solution for the problem. When patients decide against going under the knife, their pain is somehow not taken seriously and there is some amount of disbelief among everyone in the medical community. Patients sometimes complain that they feel like drug addicts while asking for medication. There are a number of patients who have to make this difficult choice and then live with it. Although a huge number of patients do opt for surgery, studies have indicated that back surgery may not be the solution to cure low back pain. On the contrary, it may actually aggravate the situation and cause more pain. There may be more complications and sometimes even damage that may require another follow-up surgery. More often than not, surgeons and physicians are fully aware of this and yet suggest surgery as the only option to cure back pain. It is important to go through a thorough evaluation before deciding to opt for surgery or even to opt out of surgery.

Back pain is a tricky thing and very often physicians fail to find the actual cause or any other anatomical reasons that could be the real cause. Stress and anxiety could be a contributing factor and that has to be ruled out. There are a number of causes and each one of these causes has to be dealt with a different approach.

Other than the conventional therapy where patients are treated with medication such as Xanax, hydrocodone, Vicodin, SomaOnline, as well as Valium, there are other alternative therapies as well.

2011? Dr. Brendal Norris, Chiropracticbackpainrelief.org, Read other articles about back pain and back pain relief at http://chiropracticbackpainrelief.org for more answers to your questions about back pain, its causes, and cures.This article is from http://chiropracticbackpainrelief.org/living-with-chronic-low-back-pain