Back pain is experienced by approximately 85% of Americans during their lifetime and is the leading cause of doctor visits next to the common cold! Back problems are also the most frequent cause of activity limitations in working-age adults. If chiropractic care, physical therapy, and medications have not been successful, there is another option besides open surgery. It is time to add Interventional Pain Management to your treatment plan.

The spine, or vertebral column, is composed of 33 individual bones called vertebrae: 7 Cervical (neck), 12 Thoracic (mid back), 5 Lumbar (lower back), 5 Sacral (pelvis), and 4 Coccygeal (tail bone). Located between each vertebrae are discs which act as the shock absorbers for the spine. The importance of the spine in daily movements causes spine injuries to be very painful!

You may not remember the injury—but your back does, and that pain is trying to tell you something. Back pain can be caused by more than just a herniated disc. Pinched nerves, sprains, strains, age, and degeneration are among other possible causes but stressful or irregular movements are the most common causes of back pain. This kind of pain can be cured simply with time and rest or conservative treatment such as physical therapy or chiropractic care. In more severe cases, unfortunately, back pain demands medical attention, treatment, and possibly even surgery. But even severe pain may not require severe treatment. Due to the advances in minimally invasive spinal care, many cases that used to require open surgery in the past no longer do