Back pain can include stiffness, tenderness or just pain. Pain can get better at night or while resting. Nerve pain can go down into the back of the leg (sciatica), numbness and tingling of the leg, weakness when moving and pain that worsens while walking or exercising.
What Causes Back Pain?
Causes of back pain include strained muscles, pinched nerves and sometimes a disc moving out of place. Discs are cushions between bones of the spine (vertebrae). Arthritis and osteoporosis, as well as, pain or disease in another part of the body, such as the hip, can cause back pain.
Our team of pain specialists will work to identify the cause of your pain and create a personalized care plan to meet your needs.
How Is Back Pain Treated?
Once the source of your back and/or neck pain has been identified, treatment options may include:
- Physical therapy.
- Injections.
- Minimally invasive surgery.
- Same day discharge for single level laminectomy/discectomy.
- Surgery.
Spinal Pain Treatment Options
Interventional Pain physicians are fellowship trained in interventional pain medicine. Treatment options for spinal pain include:
- Lumbar, cervical and thoracic epidural steroid injection under fluoroscopic guidance.
- Selective nerve block.
- Spine facet nerve block and radiofrequency nerve ablation.
- Intercostal, peripheral and sympathetic nerve blocks.
- Hip, knee, shoulder joint and sacroiliac joint injection under fluoroscopy.
- Intradiscal electrotherapy (IDET), chemical neurolytic block.
Our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians use the latest rehbilitation methods to help patients get back to optimal function. Carle Health physicians focus on treating your injury by restoring skills, increasing mobility and teaching methods to prevent re-injury. Our spine specialists take a team approach to complex conditions, offering expertise from neurologists and neurosurgeons when needed.
