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Suggest Treatment For Severe Lower Back Pain

My lower back has been in pain for months now...my doctor prescribed a muscle relaxer and diagnosed it as arthritis... The pills do not work...I can t stand for over 1 minute without the pain becoming unbearable... What else can this be.. This can t be arthritis
Mon, 13 Jul 2015
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Dear: back pain is a very frustrating condition that sometimes is very hard to control. There are multiples possibilities including spinal stenosis,bulging disc and trapment of the nerves.We always try with the anti-inflammatory,muscle relaxant and physical therapy. If these don't help, next step is to do a plain xray to check for arthritis. If this is negative, then MRI of the lumbosacral should be done to evaluate the back for spinal stenosis and disc. It depends of the results for the treatment. I recommend you to see your doctor for the workup because pills have not worked, so you might need epidural block.
Dr.Sara
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Lower Back Pain

Dear: back pain is a very frustrating condition that sometimes is very hard to control. There are multiples possibilities including spinal stenosis,bulging disc and trapment of the nerves.We always try with the anti-inflammatory,muscle relaxant and physical therapy. If these don t help, next step is to do a plain xray to check for arthritis. If this is negative, then MRI of the lumbosacral should be done to evaluate the back for spinal stenosis and disc. It depends of the results for the treatment. I recommend you to see your doctor for the workup because pills have not worked, so you might need epidural block. Dr.Sara