Lower Back Pain: When to See Your Doctor

October 26th. 2024, 6:12am

Have you experienced pain in the lower portion of your spine? You are not alone. About 80 percent of adult Americans will have lower back pain at some point in their lifetime.

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It is a common medical complain that is responsible for many job-related disabilities as well as missed workdays. Although most cases of lower back pain will improve on their own, it is important to see your physician if the condition lasts more than four weeks.

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[Lower Back Pain]
[Doctor discussing the lower back pain risks and symptoms]
Juliet Vento:
Most people at some point in their lives will experience lower back pain. When should you seek help from your doctor? If your back pain has been lasting more than four weeks or if you’re having other symptoms like weakness in your legs or any kind of numbness or tingling down the leg, you should definitely seek the help of your doctor. There are a few non-surgical options that we can try in terms of back pain, depending on whether the back pain is acute or chronic. In terms of an acute back pain, we can try anti-inflammatories like Ibuprofen, Naproxen, perhaps entire doses. We could even try a low dose course of steroids. We could try physical therapy also. All of these are temporizing measures and hopefully they’ll get better with these. But if the back pain persists despite trying all of these conservative measures, then we’d definitely refer you to a specialist.

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