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What types of treatment can a back pain doctor offer?

If back pain has been a problem in your life in the last couple of years, you need the assistance of a qualified expert in pain reduction therapy. Our dedicated team of pain doctors has years of treatment experience. After a thorough diagnosis using state-of-the-art equipment, the back doctors of Pain Treatment Specialists formulate treatment programs that include remedies such as lumbar epidurals, sacroiliac joint injections, lumbar radiofrequency ablation, and facet joint injection.

How Can Your Lower Back Pain Be Relieved?

If you’re suffering from lower back pain, then you’re well aware that this type of discomfort can lower your quality of life. At Pain Treatment Specialists, we offer customized treatment plans that will help you get lower back pain relief if the following home remedies prove ineffective.

Here are some common home remedies that are overlooked by patients who suffer from lower back pain:

• Try to get rid of stress
• Improve your sleep schedule
• Start exercising your core
• Keep your brain active
• Seek activities that bring you joy
• Stretch your leg muscles twice a day

Your safest option is to see a back doctor, especially if your pain is serious and if it doesn’t disappear within a few days of rest and home remedies.

Common Back Pain Symptoms

Most signs of back pain are manageable, but some symptoms can indicate a more serious illness. If your back pain symptoms escalate, visit your nearest physician or one of our New Jersey back pain experts.

Based on the position and source of your back pain, you experience the following symptoms:

• Muscle aches that linger;
• Sudden sensations such as stabbing and tingling;
• An agonizing burn that radiates towards your extremities;
• Soreness and pain that worsens after lifting something, leaning, or standing up;
• Pain that subsides when laying down or resting.

Seek immediate medical care if you experience symptoms such as:

• Loss of bowel or bladder control;
• High fever;
• Pain that results from an injury, a slip, or a collision.

Constantly living with these symptoms can negatively impact your quality of life and discourage you from doing normal things that make you happy. In order to get the relief you need and to return to a discomfort-free life, schedule an appointment with a qualified doctor like Dr. Hanna. He will make an accurate diagnosis, will discuss the cause of the problem with you, and offer effective solutions.

Come and visit our nationally-recognized New Jersey locations, Clifton, Paramus, or West Orange, to meet Dr. Hanna, Dr. Lombardi, or Dr. Volney, our amazing back pain specialists, and their team of experts. Our New Jersey pain doctors have been delivering an accurate diagnosis and effective recovery plans for over 20 years and we’ve helped hundreds of patients recover.

How Do I Know If The Pain In My Back Is Serious?

When your discomfort is severe and it does not ease with rest, it is strongly recommended to see a doctor. The pain that spreads down one or both legs, especially if it stretches below the knee, might be another sign.

If your back pain triggers fatigue, tingling, or numbness of one or both legs, seeing a doctor would be a smart idea. In each patient, back pain manifests differently and it may evolve for several different reasons. Some people have severe symptoms when it comes to ruptured discs, slipped discs or nerve roots and other spine conditions and some do not feel a thing.

How is Back Pain Normally Diagnosed?

For an accurate diagnosis, a physical test is always required. Your doctor will assess your ability to stand and move, the range of motion of your body, your reflexes, and your muscles.

If your doctor believes that your condition is complex, you will be recommended other tests, including:

• X-rays
• Blood and urine samples to identify underlying conditions
• CT-Scans
• Electromyography (EMG) 

How To Sleep When You Have Lower Back Pain?

Stress or pressure from poor posture, inappropriate sleeping position, and other lifestyle behaviors usually cause this pain. You should pay special attention to the way you sleep if you are already suffering from this problem. The recommendations below may help you in getting relief:

• Sleep with a pillow between your legs, on your side: the pillow will hold your pelvis, back, and hips in a better position.
• Sleep with a pillow under your abdomen, on your stomach: this posture will help you relieve the tension imposed on the area between your disks.
• Sleep on your side in the diagonal direction: curling into this position will make the gap between the vertebrae open.

Please remember that alignment is fundamental. Regardless of the position you choose, the most important part of the equation is to ensure the correct alignment of the spine.

If your back pain doesn’t seem to go away, make an appointment in advance with our board-certified, fellowship-trained back pain doctors in New Jersey – Dr. Laura Lombardi, Dr. George Hanna, Dr. Shane J. Volney, and get rid of your back pain once and for all. Interventional pain management might be a great option for you. Give us a call and meet our specialists at our pain centers in Paramus on Route 17, near the Paramus Park Mall, in Clifton, NJ, on Route 46 E, past the Ford dealership, in West Orange, near the Essex Country Club.