Is Your Back Hurting? Come to Eminent Medical Center!

Back pain is a leading complaint when most patients want to see a doctor. The more extreme the pain, the more unpleasant the cause. However, not every cause of back pain is so terrible that it can’t be treated. If you have back pain in Richardson TX, there is both hope and help. First and foremost, it helps to understand many of the most common causes of back pain and how these causes are treated to alleviate your pain.

Spinal Misalignment

The human spine is a stacked system of vertebrae bones and spongey discs in between the bones. When the back is in perfect alignment, all of the discs absorb shock from your feet hitting hard surfaces (e.g., concrete sidewalks). When a disc slips out, gets crushed between two vertebrae or is bulging, pressure is placed on the nerves in that area and it really hurts. Trying to get your back into proper alignment takes a lot of work and therapy, but it can be done.

In a worst case scenario of back pain in Richardson TX patients, the patients may need surgical help putting the bones and discs back into place. Pins and rods may be used to help realign this area of the spine, especially if the attached muscles are too weak to hold things in place. Most cases where the cause of your back pain is a misaligned spine rarely need this level of treatment.

Foot Problems

Your feet are so far from your back you wouldn’t think that they could be the “source” of your back pain. Yet, feet that are flat are constantly drawing your feet, ankles, legs and hips downward in an awkward, off-balance stance. Trying to keep your balance under these circumstances increases strain on the muscles in your lower to mid-back and you feel it as pain.

Correcting the problems with your feet using orthotics may fix a lot of the pain you feel. Many doctors attempt this approach first, especially if you clearly have flat feet and/or a pelvis that is tilting too far forward. If the orthotics in your shoes don’t stop the back pain, the doctor moves on to another possible cause and treatment.

Spinal Fracture

It seems crazy, but thousands of people each year suffer a fall onto their backs that results in a spinal fracture. Most of them won’t even know that they have a fracture and they will just go about their lives with pain in their backs. For a majority of these patients, the fractures are minor enough that they heal, and the patient is none the wiser. For others, the fractures are so severe that swelling is apparent and bits of vertebra are free-floating in one’s back.

In patients where the bits of bone from a spinal fracture are loose and moving, it’s an immediate surgical need to repair this problem. The bone pieces can create very dangerous situations this close to your spine. If you think you have a spinal fracture from a fall, be sure to visit Eminent Medical clinic equipped with an x-ray machine as soon as possible.