Knowing back pain treatment options is important when you realize that approximately 85% Americans complain of back pain by the time they are 50 years old. Backache is the most frequent cause of limiting activity among working adults. It could be caused due to injury or irritation of muscles, nerves, ligaments, joints, bones, and spinal discs. So, what are the various options for treatment? Here are some of them.

Non Invasive Therapies

Exercise: Strengthening muscles that support the spine with back and abdominal exercises reduce and eliminate back pain. Stretching exercises which help lengthen shortened muscles and increase mobility of spinal joints are often recommended by physicians. These exercises could vary with age.

Meditation: Over-the-counter and prescribed medications include anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, Naproxin, and ibuprofen) which stimulate the healing process and reduce discomfort and swelling, muscle relaxants, and acetaminophen (Anacin-3, Tylenol, and Phenaphen). Opioids (a morphine derivative that can be additive) is normally prescribed as a last-resort medication by a physician.

Manual Manipulation Therapy: Delivered by a chiropractor physician, this practice is widely used to treat the lower back pain.

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): A non-invasive technique where a low-voltage electrical current is delivered to electrodes attached to the skin. This is an alternative or addition to medication.

H-wave stimulation: H-WAVE type stimulators become necessary when patients fail to respond adequately to conventional treatments of diabetic peripheral neuropathy including analgesics, creams, anti-depressants, inhibitors, anti-seizure medications, and blood glucose normalization.

Orthotics: A field of medicine which involves designing and manufacturing devices (orthoses) to support or correct musculoskeletal deformities.

Physical Therapy: Those suffering from chronic back pain and stiffness in the lower part of the spine are generally provided with physiotherapy to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout life.
Invasive Therapies.

Injections: Epidural steroid (low back pain and sciatica), facet joint (facet joint block), sympathetic nerve blocks, and selective nerve root epidural injections are given to relieve pain. Proliferant injections are very effective in eliminating aches caused by strained, scarred ligaments. This method is used as a back pain treatment option to relieve discomfort before further investigations.

IDET: Intradiscal electro-thermal coagulation of the nucleus has been specifically designed to treat intervertebral disk disorder pain.

Nucleoplasty: A spinal disc herniation, often called a slip disc, is corrected by burning the nucleus using this procedure.

Microsurgical Discectomy: A minimally invasive surgery especially for lumbar ischemia.

Major surgeries: These include complicated procedures such as removal of a portion of the vertebral bone called the lamina, relieving pressure on nerves that are being compressed, treating nerve roots or spinal cord compression, spinal cord stimulation, and morphine pumps.