Back Pain in Miami

Back Pain in Miami

Miami Back Pain

Experiencing back pain in Miami? Cafe of life chiropractic can diagnose and give you back pain treatments. With the fast pace life many people in Miami experience some form of back pain whether its lower back pain, neck pain, leg pain or shoulder pain rest assured we have successfully treated someone in your condition or worse. The longer you wait to take care of your back pain the worse it gets. Most patients with back pain have a benign condition, infections and fractures must be considered during an initial evaluation because overlooking them can have serious consequences. This article discusses the presentation and diagnostic strategies of these serious causes of back pain.

Back pain is one of the most common complaints that internists and primary care physicians encounter. Although back pain is nonspecific, some hallmark signs and symptoms indicate that a patient is more likely to have a serious disorder. This article contrasts the presentation of cancer, infections, and fractures with the more common and benign conditions that cause back pain and provides guidance for diagnosis.

Although a variety of tissues can contribute to pain—intervertebral disks, vertebrae, ligaments, neural structures, muscles, and fascia—and many disorders can damage these tissues, most patients with back or neck pain have a benign condition. Back pain is typically caused by age-related degenerative changes or by minor repetitive trauma; with supportive care and physical therapy, up to 90% of patients with back pain of this nature improve substantially within 4 weeks.

Serious, destructive diseases are uncommon causes of back pain: malignancy, infection, ankylosing spondylitis, and epidural abscess together account for fewer than 1% of cases of back pain in a typical primary care practice. But their clinical impact is out of proportion to their prevalence. The fear of overlooking a serious condition influences any practitioner’s approach to back pain and is a common reason for ordering multiple imaging studies and consultations. Therefore, the time, effort, and resources invested in ruling out these disorders is considerable.

Whether a patient with back pain has an ominous disease can usually be determined with a careful history, physical examination, and appropriate diagnostic studies. Once a serious diagnosis is ruled out, attention can be focused on rehabilitation and back care.

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