Lower &
Mid-Back Pain
Comprehensive Care for Spinal Pain:
Tailored Treatments to Relieve Lower & Mid-Back Pain
At ATx360, Our Specialists
Specialize in diagnosing and treating the complex causes of back pain, whether it’s due to muscle strain, disc issues, or other underlying conditions. Mid-back and lower back pain can severely impact your daily life, from making it difficult to sit or stand comfortably to hindering your ability to perform routine tasks. At ATx360 Health, our dedicated team of specialists are committed to patient-centered care and comprehensive, personalized treatment plan designed to alleviate your pain and restore your mobility. With a focus on both relief and prevention, we are committed to helping you achieve a healthier, more comfortable back and improve your overall quality of life.
Mid-Back Pain
Mid-back pain is usually caused by the joints in your thoracic back, thoracic back muscles, or the nerves in your thoracic back. The thoracic back is located at the back of the chest (the thorax), mostly between the shoulder blades.
Treatment, Pain from Joints (facet arthropathy)
This happens more often than most people realize because the joints in the lumbar back essentially wear down through the course of a human’s lifetime. The pain is a deep gnawing pain that is worst when you move your head side to side. We will first get confirmation of this with a simple X-ray of the lumbar back and go over the results with you. Once we confirm this, we will target the nerves that go specifically go to the joints that are worn down with a diagnostic injection. If this helps, we will semi-permanently turn off the nerves. Part of the goal with helping you with the pain is to also strengthen the muscles so that the stress on the joints is reduced. This is how long-term pain relief and functionality is achieved.
Treatment, for Nerve Pain (lumbar radiculopathy)
The nerves in your lumbar back come off the spinal cord and go through a hole (the neuroforamen) in your spine before they go through the legs to your feet. The space around the spinal cord can get tight from the joints and bushings (discs) wearing down and forming scar tissue. This tightening of the space causes the nerves to swell which further increases the pressure. Often, it is sufficient to inject the area with steroids to calm the inflammation down and to strengthen the muscles so that the stress on the joints is reduced. Unfortunately, this has to be done repeatedly while we rehabilitate your muscles. If we are unable to achieve sustained relief, we may need to escalate your care to a neurosurgeon who can create more space for the nerves.
If needed, a final option could be to designate your care to a neurosurgeon who can isolate the nerve that is causing your pain depending on very specific MRI findings. Facial pain can be one of the most difficult sources of pain to treat so we take a stepwise approach to help you in the most comfortable way for you.
Treatment for Muscle Pain
Regardless of the source of your pain, the muscles in your lumbar back will tighten up and have to work extra hard. This wears them down and is similar to having to run a marathon day in and day out. We can help. The key to running a marathon without pain is to get enough sleep and recovery (which we can help with) as we help your muscles handle the extra requirements.
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Lower Back Pain
Lumbar back is typically classified by the extent of the pain in the back itself and the pain down the legs. Lumbar back pain is usually caused by the joints in your lumbar back, your lumbar back muscles, or the nerves in your lumbar back.
Treatment, Pain from Joints (facet arthropathy)
This happens more often than most people realize because the joints in the lumbar back essentially wear down through the course of a human’s lifetime. The pain is a deep gnawing pain that is worst when you move your head side to side. We will first get confirmation of this with a simple X-ray of the lumbar back and go over the results with you. Once we confirm this, we will target the nerves that go specifically go to the joints that are worn down with a diagnostic injection. If this helps, we will semi-permanently turn off the nerves. Part of the goal with helping you with the pain is to also strengthen the muscles so that the stress on the joints is reduced. This is how long-term pain relief and functionality is achieved.
Treatment, Nerve Pain (lumbar radiculopathy)
The nerves in your lumbar back come off the spinal cord and go through a hole (the neuroforamen) in your spine before they go through the legs to your feet. The space around the spinal cord can get tight from the joints and bushings (discs) wearing down and forming scar tissue. This tightening of the space causes the nerves to swell which further increases the pressure. Often, it is sufficient to inject the area with steroids to calm the inflammation down and to strengthen the muscles so that the stress on the joints is reduced. Unfortunately, this has to be done repeatedly while we rehabilitate your muscles. If we are unable to achieve sustained relief, we may need to escalate your care to a neurosurgeon who can create more space for the nerves.
If needed, a final option could be to designate your care to a neurosurgeon who can isolate the nerve that is causing your pain depending on very specific MRI findings. Facial pain can be one of the most difficult sources of pain to treat so we take a stepwise approach to help you in the most comfortable way for you.
Treatment for Muscle Pain
Regardless of the source of your pain, the muscles in your lumbar back will tighten up and have to work extra hard. This wears them down and is similar to having to run a marathon day in and day out. We can help. The key to running a marathon without pain is to get enough sleep and recovery (which we can help with) as we help your muscles handle the extra requirements.
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Friday — 9:00am – 12:00pm
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