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Chronic Back pain

Chronic Back pain: Introduction

Chronic Back pain: Pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic Back pain is available below.

Symptoms of Chronic Back pain

• The pain can often be divided into neck pain, upper back pain, lower back pain or tailbone pain. It may have a sudden onset or can be a chronic pain
• It can be constant or intermittent, stay in one place or radiate to other areas. It may be a dull ache, or a sharp or piercing or burning sensation. The pain may be felt in the neck (and might radiate into the arm and hand), in the upper back, or in the low back, (and might radiate into the leg or foot), and may include symptoms other than pain, such as weakness, numbness or tingling.
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chronic Back pain?

• Failure to diagnose Chronic Back pain
• Hidden causes of Chronic Back pain (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Chronic Back pain

Causes of Chronic Back pain

• Spinal disc herniation
• Degenerative disc disease or isthmic spondylolisthesis
• Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease)
• Spinal stenosis
• Trauma
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Treatments for Chronic Back pain

• Exercise appears to be slightly effective for chronic low back pain
• Acupuncture may help chronic pain; however, a more recent randomized controlled trial suggested insignificant difference between real and sham acupuncture
• Intensive multidisciplinary treatment programs may help subacute or chronic low back pain
• Behavioral therapy
• Arch support
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Chronic Back pain

Medical research articles related to Chronic Back pain include:

• Fentanyl buccal tablets (Effentora) - Breakthrough pain in adults with cancer
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Back Pain Utilization
• Buprenorphine transdermal patch (BuTrans) - Severe osteoarthritis pain in elderly patients, whose pain is not adequately controlled by non opioid analgesics, or for whom other analgesics are not suitable
• Buprenorphine transdermal patch - For the treatment of severe opiod responsive pain conditions which are not adequately responding to non-opiod analgesics
• Multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of interventions and outcomes
• Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain.
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Chronic Back pain

Prognosis for Chronic Back pain: Most patients with acute onset lower back pain recover completely over a few weeks.

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