With herbal remedies and alternative remedies to back pain contending almost productively with new medical science, it can be very easy to get caught up in the idea that all treatments for back pain are effective. If you think that way, you could be devastated to observe that certain back pain treatments offer you little or no relief.

There are many back pain treatments that have little or no effect on the person suffering from back pain; either because they have not been scientifically proven to have any effect or because they really have no impact on the degree of back pain;

Cold compresses: According to the Cochrane collection, cold compresses as a treatment for back pain is not utterly useful. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials conducted by this collaboration depicted that the evidence for the application of cold treatment to low back pain is confined. With a splattering of achievement reported from back pain users who use cold compresses, it is not easy to determine its value.

TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator): This treatment falls under the branch of electrotherapy and deals with the spread of electrical impulses to interrupt pain signals being sent to the brain. The Cochrane collaboration once again researched this treatment by studying two randomized controlled trials. The outcome obtained was unconvincing because of the differing nature.

Injections: Some back pain conditions are treated with the use of certain injections. These injections differ according to the scene of the pain. The injections include epidural steroid injections and facet joint injections. This mode of treatment can only be effective if the specific point of pain is located and attended to.

Inversion therapy: This treatment is hinged on the belief that friction between the back vertebras can be eased by hanging the patient upside down for a particular length of time. Believers of this technique of dealing with back pain contend that a separation of the vertebras is acquired thus giving the patient some measure of relief. Again, this technique has no scientific backing.