Treatment for Different Types of Back Pain
manage dorsalgia painDepending on the intensity and longevity of your dorsalgia, your healthcare provider will likely recommend starting out with conservative treatments like physical therapy, at-home remedies, and medication. If your symptoms are caught in the early stages, physical therapy is effective at relieving the pain and helping to stave off further symptoms.

Physical therapy is a first-line treatment for responding to backache associated with dorsalgia. If your primary healthcare provider determines that you do not have a serious condition, then a physical therapist will likely be able to provide a treatment plan that relieves your pain and helps you perform normal activities.

Some non-invasive procedures, such as acupuncture or electronic stimulation, may also help relax the muscles in the back, increase blood flow, and alleviate pain. In some cases of chronic back pain, physical therapy can be more effective than surgery.

Occasionally, the severity of dorsalgia is so intense that it doesn’t respond to conservative care. If your doctor determines that the condition causing your pain is too severe for treatment, they may recommend a prescription or surgery in order to help the pain.

If your pain is persistent and doesn’t respond to conservative treatments, you may want to talk to your doctor about muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants have been shown to provide relief for non-specific back pain, especially acute pain.

Surgical options are usually a worst-case scenario. These are necessary and effective, though, when a patient has severe herniated discs, needs a spinal fusion to alleviate pain, or has so much pain that the surgical procedure is the fastest and most efficient way to help the individual return to a good quality of life.

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