Get Relief & Chiropractor Help For Acute Pain

Acute Back Pain

Perhaps your acute back pain will get better, but you should still consult a chiropractor to determine the exact nature of the problem.You may think this minor ache, pain or discomfort will just go away, but it may not and the pain may get worse. A chiropractor will examine your discomfort and give the proper solution to ensure you're not damaging your back by neglect. Although you may want to try acetaminophen, aspirin, or ibuprofen to help ease the pain, realize this is only a temporary solution to a possible serious problem. What starts out as acute back pain could lead to chronic back pain if the pain last more than three months. You should address your pain as soon as possible to try to prevent a life long problem of your back. Contact our chiropractor to alleviate your acute back pain.

Acute Back Pain Includes:

• Stiffness
• Sharp Pain
• Soreness
• Strain
• Cramping
• Spasms

Cauda Equina Syndrome: Compression (usually due to the extrinsic pressure of a massive, centrally herniated disc) on a sheaf of nerve roots from the lower cord segments, often resulting in bilateral motor weakness of the lower extremities, saddle anesthesia, and urine retention or incontinence from loss of sphincter function.

Back problems rank high among the reasons for physician office visits and are costly in terms of medical treatment, time lost from work, and nonmonetary costs such as diminished ability to perform or enjoy usual activities. For persons under age 45, low back problems are the most frequent cause of disability. Most people report low back problems at some time in their lives, and national statistics indicate a general yearly prevalence in the U.S. population of 15-20 percent.

Among working-age people surveyed, 50 percent admit to back symptoms each year. Back symptoms, in fact, are the most common cause of disability for persons under age 45. At any given time, about 1 percent of the U.S. population is chronically disabled because of back problems, and another 1 percent temporarily disabled. Low back problems are the second most common symptomatic reason expressed by patients for office visits to primary care physicians.

The initial assessment of a patient with activity intolerance due to acute low back symptoms consists of a focused:

• Medical History
• Physical Examination

A careful medical history and physical examination are critical. The primary purpose is to seek medical history responses or physical examination findings suggesting a serious underlying condition.

Underlying Conditions Could Be:

• Fractures
• Tumors
• Infections
• Cauda Equina Syndrome