Back Pain

Back pain can limit your mobility, diminish your mental health, and affect every aspect of your daily life. Living with chronic back pain can make it difficult to enjoy your life. If you have back pain, Cam Truong, DC, and her skilled team at MyChiropractor in Columbia, Maryland, may be able to help. They help people heal from back pain using a variety of nonsurgical, pain management techniques. Call the office or book an appointment online for back pain relief today.

What is back pain?

Back pain encompasses any type of discomfort you experience in your back, whether the pain is a chronic dull ache, intermittent shooting pain, or a sudden burning sensation. Back pain is a common problem for many adults, but for most people, the pain resolves on its own within days or weeks. 

However, for some people, their back pain turns into a chronic condition that causes discomfort that lasts three or more months. This type of chronic pain can affect many aspects of your life and impair your physical and mental health.

MyChiropractor offers many non-invasive treatments for back pain, whether acute or chronic, to help you get the relief you need for a better quality of life.

What causes back pain?

Your back pain can develop from a range of causes. However, in most cases, the pain develops due to an issue with one of the structures that make up your back, such as your muscles, nerves, bones, or joints. Common causes of back pain include:

• Bulging or herniated disc
• Muscle spasms
• Strains
• Sciatica
• Disc degeneration
• Auto accident injury 

Back pain can also result from an underlying condition or disease, such as kidney stones or an infection, though these causes are less common.

What are the treatments for back pain?

The experienced team at MyChiropractor uses chiropractic care and physical therapy to help reduce your back pain. Many of these treatments are aimed at healing the underlying cause of your pain to alleviate the problem.

You may also benefit from pain management techniques for back pain that you can perform at home after your chiropractic or physical therapy sessions. These involve guided exercises and stretches to improve pain and mobility. 

To support your healing process, reduce inflammation, and resolve pain, MyChiropractor offers several therapeutic modalities that can help provide better back pain relief. You might also find improvements with methods like cupping and massage therapy. 

These physical medicine techniques help to address the underlying problem rather than mask symptoms with pain medicine, which can become addictive in the long term. 

To discuss your treatment options for back pain, call MyChiropractor or book an appointment online today.