Experiencing pain is a disturbing subject that greatly reduces the quality of life, which is a barrier to many physical activities until we have trouble sleeping or sexual intercourse.
If you have chronic pain, the stress affects the body, producing physical conditions like:
Tense muscles.
Limited ability to move around.
A lack of energy.
Changes in appetite.
Chronic pain also causes emotional effects, including:
Depression.
Anger.
Anxiety.
Fear of re-injury. This fear could limit your ability to return to work or leisure activities.
Whichever age group we are, we've all been exposed to this kind of pain. So, how can we deal with these pains? What's the best medicine for pain?
BACK PAIN
Back pain can happen when mechanical or structural problems develop in the spine, discs, muscles, ligaments, or tendons in the back, or compress a nerve. (Sprain: an injury to the ligaments that support thes pine (which connect the different bones together), often occurring from twisting or lifting improperly.)
What is the cause of back pain?
Sometimes, simply it can be caused by muscle contractions in the cool air, where we expose our body without noticing it, just in the cold weather.
These strains and sprains can occur for many reasons, including improper lifting, poor posture and lack of regular exercise. Being overweight may increase the risk of back strains and sprains.
Back pain may also be caused by more-serious injuries, such as a spinal fracture or ruptured disk. It can also result from arthritis and other age-related changes in the spine. Certain infections can cause back pain.
Possible causes of back pain include:
Ankylosing spondylitis
Endometriosis
Fibromyalgia
Herniated disk
Kidney infection (also called pyelonephritis)
Kidney stones (Hard buildups of minerals and salt that form inside the kidneys.)
Muscle strains (An injury to a muscle or to tissue that connects muscles to bones, called a tendon.)
Obesity
Osteoarthritis (the most common type of arthritis)
Osteomyelitis
Osteoporosis
Poor posture
Pregnancy
Sacroiliitis
Sciatica (Pain that travels along the path of a nerve that runs from the lower back down to each leg.)
Scoliosis
Spinal cord tumor
Spinal fractures
Spinal stenosis
Spondylolisthesis
Sprains (Stretching or tearing of a tissue band called a ligament, which connects two bones together in a joint.)
What to do about back pain:
First Check: Have you been cold? Cold-related muscle contractions and contractions are quite common. Muscle contractions, depending on the supportive intervention you have applied, can recover very quickly, sometimes for weeks.
2. Background of behavior control: Assess whether you have recently been in heavy lifting, moving home, changing places, excessively stressful exercises and similar physically stressful activities.
3: Hot sex: Repeated pressure on your spine at levels that are unhealthy in some positions can lead to some undesirable consequences. We recommend that you to consider about it and at least take some moves and positions out of your intimate life during the recovery period.
4. Another important subject is how long have your pains been going on? and Fibromyalgia?
Pain is a sign that something has happened, that something is wrong. Acute pain happens quickly and goes away when there is no cause, but chronic pain lasts longer than six months and can continue when the injury or illness has been treated.
5. Check your sitting positions at work, while driving and while watching TV: It’s pretty common to have back pain that worsens with sitting. And that can make driving a challenge, ruining your summer road trip plans.
Taking an extra minute when you first sit down can make a big difference. Before you put the car in “drive,” make any adjustments that help you feel more comfortable. That might mean adjusting the steering wheel height, emptying your back pockets, or modifying the seat’s lumbar support (for cars that offer that option).
With a quick scan, you can identify things that could make your back pain worse after some time on the road. Taking steps to address those potential issues now can help you enjoy a more comfortable trip. Apply the following philosophy to all your daily tasks. Make life easier and planned for you.
Adjust your seat
Move your seat as close to the steering wheel as feels comfortable. This helps you avoid straining as you reach the pedals, and it can also prevent slouching forward over the steering wheel.
Use cruise control
When your feet are flat on the floor with your knees at a 90-degree angle, your back gets extra support. Having your legs outstretched to control your speed puts extra strain on your back. Over time, that can take a toll.
To ease that potential issue, use cruise control as much as possible. This allows you to rest your feet on the floor more frequently, giving your back some extra support as you drive.
Take breaks
If you feel your back pain building, look for the closest pit stop. Even a few minutes of walking around and stretching can give your spine the release it needs.
Make a plan beforehand
If you’re planning a longer drive, it can be helpful to map out predetermined rest spots. Finding points of interest, gas stations, and coffee shops along the way helps to break up your trip. And getting out to move around more than usual can make a huge difference for your back pain.
Ultimately, these tips can help to avoid the worst of your back pain, but you shouldn’t have to drive in discomfort.
And it only gets worse as we get older. As we lose muscle tone, bone strength, and the fluid that cushions our vertebrae, our risk for age-related back pain steadily increases through the years.
Stay active
A sedentary lifestyle contributes to back pain, especially as you get older. Even something as simple as regular walks can go a long way toward keeping your spine healthy, helping to reduce your back pain.
Start physical therapy
Often, age-related back pain can be traced to a loss of muscular strength and flexibility in the spine. With specific exercises and stretches, physical therapy can help to reverse that change and improve your back health.
Consider injection-based therapies…
Here at Prime Regenerative & Pain Management, minimally invasive treatments to give you rapid back pain relief, including:
Trigger point injections
Epidural injections
Facet joint injections
Sacroiliac joint injection
Transforaminal injections
Lumbar sympathetic blocks
In addition, we offer regenerative medicine injections, including stem cell and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapies. These injectables use naturally occurring substances to trigger your body’s healing processes and alleviate your back pain.
Diagnostic Tests for Back Pain & Spine Conditions
Radiographs
Radiographs, sometimes referred to as “X-Rays,” are perhaps the simplest, least expensive study that provides key information. The overall alignment of the spine, the degree of bone mineral density (osteoporosis), and the presence or absence of instability (spondylolisthesis) may be diagnosed with this simple study. After surgery, radiographs are used in specific postoperative intervals to assess healing progress to determine when it is safe to start physical therapy or advance the activity levels.
CT SCAN
A CT (Computed Tomography) scan is a three-dimensional radiograph that allows visualization in multiple planes. The bony anatomy is visualized better in this modality.
MRI
An MRI is the best way to visualize soft tissues: the spinal cord, discs, ligaments, and tendons are better seen in this non-invasive test. There is no radiation with this test, which relies on magnetic technology, not ionizing radiation like radiographs and CT scans. An MRI can detect infection and subtle, non-displaced osteoporotic fractures. While open units exist for claustrophobic patients, the closed units offer superior imaging quality and are recommended.
CT Myelogram
When an MRI cannot be performed , or when metallic implants obscure the MRI imaging results, a CT scan with myelogram contrast offers an excellent alternative imaging method. This test requires injecting a dye material into the sac containing the spinal cord and spinal nerves. After the injection, the patient is placed on a tilt table to help distribute the dye evenly throughout the area of the spine to be imaged, and the CT scan is done.
Discogram with Post-Discogram CT
For a discogram with post-discogram CT, a pain management specialist in a surgery center or hospital setting will perform this test. The discogram involves using a solution of saline, and dye is injected into the disc spaces in question. The discs are sequentially pressurized in random order not known by the patient. When a disc level produces “concordant pain,” that is, pain that is typical of the symptoms experienced by the patient during pain flare-up periods, then this data adds to the overall clinical analysis in determining whether or not surgery should be performed on the concordantly painful level. While there is controversy over the reliability of discograms, it is important that these results are taken into consideration with other data such as the neurological exam, radiographs, EMG studies, etc., in determining the ultimate surgical recommendation. A CT done after the discogram provides data as to the degree of degeneration of the discs based on the distribution of the dye flow in the disc, or nucleogram. It also confirms that the appropriate level(s) have been injected.
EMG/NCV Studies
A neurologist or pain management specialist will perform electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests. These tests are an objective way to determine how well specific nerve roots and muscle groups function. Dysfunction may be due to nerve entrapment; these tests help identify the anatomic point of the entrapment or stenosis, which can occur at the level of the nerve root due to a disc herniation or anywhere along the length of the nerve into the extremities. These tests may come back normal in the presence of entrapment or compromise in nerve function if the nerve deterioration has not progressed to the point that it is detectable by this study modality.
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Treatment Option in Turkey | Approximate Cost Range (USD) in Turkey |
Spinal Fusion (Overall) | 4408 - 13697 |
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) | 5522 - 11493 |
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) | 4420 - 8971 |
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) | 5506 - 11238 |
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) | 5583 - 11100 |
Cervical Fusion | 4517 - 9048 |
Thoracic Fusion | 4412 - 9155 |
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