Back Pain Relief Specialist
Clear Lake, IA
At Optimum Health Clinics, we understand how back pain can slow you down. It can limit your range of motion, keep you from enjoying the activities you love, and affect your overall quality of life.
Back pain can develop for many different reasons, and the source is not always obvious right away. When symptoms flare up, working with an experienced chiropractor and a team of expert providers can help you get closer to the root cause. We can support your recovery without the need for excessive medication or invasive surgeries.
Schedule an appointment today and take control of your pain.
What is Back Pain?
Back pain can come from a variety of sources ranging from poor posture to injury. Symptoms can occur immediately or take a little for you to notice the change in your back.
At Optimum Health Clinics, we are dedicated to relieving back pain with our excellent and comprehensive treatment plans. We avoid unnecessary medications and surgeries with our approach while still providing you optimal healing.
If you’re suffering from chronic or severe back pain, schedule an appointment today. Our staff is ready to work with you to alleviate your condition.
Common Causes of Chronic Back Pain
Understanding the potential causes of back pain can help you prevent it in the future. For those already experiencing back problems, it can be helpful to understand the causes in order to identify what may have caused your condition. Back pain is often the result of one of a variety of factors:
Poor Posture
Poor posture is often a result of long periods of desk work or from staring down at devices for prolonged periods. In recent years, posture issues have become a leading cause of back pain.
Muscle Strain
Frequent strain or overuse of back muscles increases the chance of causing back pain.
Sleeping Position
Improper sleeping positions or sleeping on an unsupportive pillow can cause back and neck injuries to develop, resulting in chronic pain.
Injuries
Injuries as a result of sports or work can cause severe or chronic back pain.
Pinched Nerves
Pinched nerves occur when the vertebrae in your back compress or you are suffering from a herniated disc.
Stress
A typical stress response involves tightening the muscles in the neck, back, and shoulders. The tension this causes can lead to back pain.
What symptoms
does back pain cause?
Symptoms of back pain can vary in type and severity. Some of the symptoms that benefit from an evaluation at Optimum Health Clinics include:
Reduced Range of Motion
Muscle Cramps or Spasms
Radiating or Shooting Pain
Muscle Weakness
Aching Sensations
Pain Localized to the Back
Fatigue
Treatments
What are the Treatment Options for Back Pain?
WHAT TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS WITH BACK PAIN?
Optimum Health Clinics offers different types of treatment, each serving a different purpose. Some of the treatments you may be recommended include:
With the help of gentle adjustments and other forms of chiropractic treatment, it’s possible to realign the spine and provide pain relief.
Integrative therapy helps the body to repair damaged tissue by supporting its natural healing abilities.
Through the use of harmless acoustic waves, shockwave therapy can break down scar tissue, encourage tissue regeneration, reduce inflammation, and manage pain.
Trigger point injections are used on areas of pain in muscles typically referred to as knots. A local anesthetic is applied to ease pain and help the muscle relax.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most common causes of back pain?
Poor posture and injuries are the two most common causes of back pain. Poor posture has seen a dramatic increase in how many people experience back pain as a result of it. Hunching over phones, computers, and desks at work has led many people to experience back pain as a result of their flawed posture.
How do I know if my back pain is serious?
If your back pain is reoccurring or has begun to noticeably impact your quality of life, it has become serious, and you need to seek medical care in order to have it treated by a medical professional.
How to tell if back pain is muscular or something else?
A provider can perform a proper pain diagnosis to determine if your back pain is the result of something in your muscles, spine, or nerves. If you are uncertain about the source of your pain, schedule an appointment with a provider and let them take a look and potentially provide the pain relief you need.
Can stress cause back pain?
Severe or prolonged periods of stress can cause back pain. Higher levels of stress can cause muscles in different parts of the body, including the back, to tense up. This then strains the back and can cause chronic back pain.
