Simple back pain can bring you to your knees
Why “Simple” Back Pain Can Bring You
To Your Knees And Cause You To
Visit The Emergency Room
Dear Patients and Friends,
Back pain is a very common condition. Research estimates nearly 8 out of 10 people will suffer with back pain at some time in their life, and it is a common reason why many people visit the emergency room.
If a condition is bad enough to make people go to the emergency room - you would think it would be life-threatening. Well, with back pain, that is usually not the case.
You see, back pain can have several different causes, and some are VERY serious like tumors, aortic aneurisms and infections. Other causes can be kidney stones, pregnancy, endometriosis, prostate conditions and fibromyalgia, to name a few.
But, the most common cause of back pain is mechanical in nature. This occurs when either your spinal muscles or ligaments are over stretched. Over stretching and injuring your muscles is called a strain… over stretching and injuring your ligaments is called a sprain.
Some Chiropractors call a sprain of the spinal joint complex a subluxation. A subluxation can cause severe pain… pain so severe it can cause you to go to the emergency room.
However, with back pain, the severity of pain is not always associated with the severity of injury. For example, a relatively “simple” subluxation can bring you to your knees and land you in the emergency room due to pain and fear.
Countless subluxations are effectively treated by Chiropractors everyday - even on people whose back pain was so bad they thought for sure they had a broken bone or cancer.
On the contrary, some of the more severe conditions mentioned above can cause mild back pain, with more serious consequences.
That’s why, no matter how bad or infrequent your back pain is, you should get it checked out by a qualified specialist. If you have back pain, our door is always open to you. We can do a thorough examination and tell you what’s causing your back pain and what to do to have the best chance of relieving it.
Often, it is nothing to worry about and can be taken care of in no time.
Michael LoGiudice, DC
Chiropractor
18750 Willamette Dr
Ste F
West Linn, OR 97068
Tel: 503-908-0122
Fax: 503-908-0334
www.linncitychiro.com
