3 Ways to Finally Address Your Back Pain

Back pain is a common concern, affecting up to 85% of people during their lifetime. But that doesn’t mean you have to live with discomfort that stops you from doing things you enjoy. 

Professional support can go a long way to ease back pain. Our pain management experts at Pain Management of Long Island in Medford, New York, can give you a personalized back pain treatment plan that provides lasting relief. 

You can also make changes on your own to address the issue. These involve a mix of movement and smarter habits. So before you get a personalized plan, here are three things you can do — starting today — to put your back pain behind you.

1. Lifestyle adjustments

Simple lifestyle modifications can ease lower, mid, and upper back pain once and for all. Examples include staying active, pacing yourself during exercise, trying yoga, and doing deep breathing exercises. 

Your Pain Management of Long Island expert can teach you stretching techniques and strengthening exercises to try at home between visits. 

It also helps to eat nutritious foods, maintain an ideal body weight, minimize stress, get plenty of sleep (7-9 hours), and use good posture when standing and sitting down. Avoid standing or sitting for long periods by taking frequent breaks to change positions. 

2. Therapies

Many therapies available at Pain Management of Long Island are highly beneficial for back pain relief. Examples include physical therapy, acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, massage, yoga therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). 

You might combine non-surgical therapies with lifestyle modifications and medical procedures (if needed) to ease long-lasting back discomfort. 

3. Injections and procedures

If conservative treatments haven’t eased your back discomfort, relief is still within reach. 

Pain Management of Long Island offers injection-based back pain interventions. Examples include trigger point injections, nerve blocks, epidural steroid injections, and nerve ablation that damages painful nerves to interfere with pain signals. 

Our compassionate providers can also implant a spinal cord stimulator, a device placed underneath the skin in your back. It delivers electrical impulses to painful nerves to block pain signals. You can control the device using a remote control outside of your body to achieve lasting relief. 

Find the root cause of your back pain

Your Pain Management of Long Island specialist can pinpoint the root cause of back pain to create a customized treatment just for you. 

We complete a physical exam, review your symptoms and medical history, and might suggest blood testing, nerve tests, X-rays, an MRI, a CT scan, or another imaging procedure. We tailor a unique plan that eases your discomfort long-term, allowing you to live your best life.

Contact us at Pain Management of Long Island by phone or online today to finally address back pain and experience lasting relief.