Conservative Treatment for Chronic Back Pain

Chronic Back or Neck Pain:

Poor posture is a common cause for back and neck pain. Statistics show that 80% of American’s will suffer from back pain in their lifetime. Some of the symptoms include:

Cervical Kyphosis (straightening of neck)
Tension Headaches - often misdiagnosed as migraine headaches
Constant neck/shoulder strain
Rounded shoulders
Bicep/rotator cuff syndrome
Degeneration of cervical (neck) and lumbar (low back) usually caused by trauma or multiple micro-traumas
Weak and stiff muscles
Decreased range of motion
Low back and neck pain

Patients with scoliosis or other spinal deformities will have these additional effects from poor posture:

Usually causes cervical kyphosis
Muscle asymmetry (unbalanced)
Lower back pain
Middle (thoracic) back pain
Leg length problems

These are the most common causes of poor posture:

High heels
Sitting on top of your wallet
Sitting at computer for long durations. Ideally you should get up and stretch every 20 minutes. Lack of movement causes shortening of hamstrings, gluts (buttocks), and lower back muscles.
Lack of abdominal strength

Treatment Plan:

Find the problem, do not band-aid the symptoms!
- Proper medical history
- X-rays
Acute pain treatment
- Chiropractic
- Physical therapy
- Accupuncture
- Medication
Work on range of motion
- Chiropractic
- Physical therapy
Work on chronic pain
- Ergonomics
- Physical therapy
- Home exercises
Correct posture
- Pilate's
- Yoga
- Guided weight training
- Patient education