Low Back Pain Treatment with Your Midtown New York Chiropractor
Lower back pain is a common health problem, affecting millions of people and costing several millions of dollars every year in disability payouts and lost wages. At Rockefeller Health Medical, our midtown chiropractor, Dr. Anthony Conte, has spent several years honing his clinical skills and knowledge to help him become one of the leading chiropractors in New York City. He excels in the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain using the best current research and advanced technology to assist in his drug-free, non-invasive interventions.
What's Causing Your Lower Back Pain?
Lower back pain, which often presents with back stiffness, leg pain, leg weakness, and tender-to-touch lower back muscles, can be caused by any number problems. Some of the conditions we see most commonly at our midtown New York clinic include:
- Arthritis: a group of conditions causing joint inflammation and damage; different types of arthritis include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout
- Degenerative disc disease: breakdown and thinning down of the discs between your vertebral bones
- Disc bulge or herniation: the inner gel-like substance in the middle of a disc bulges out of place or leaks through a tear in the disc's tough outer layer (respectively); this can lead to pressure on nearby spinal nerves
- Muscle spasm: damage and inflammation to the small fibers within the lower back muscles; this is often caused by slips, heavy lifting, and sports- or auto-related accidents
These and other injuries can happen to just about anyone, but research shows that certain people are more at risk for pain in the lower back region. This includes people who:
- Are overweight
- Are highly sedentary
- Are smokers
- Have a history of lower back pain
How Can a Doctor of Chiropractic Help?
Using a physical examination and thorough tests and measures, a doctor of chiropractic can help you determine the root cause of your back pain and help you relieve your symptoms.
- Chiropractic adjustments and spinal decompression therapy, to help realign subluxed joints, reduce pressure on spinal nerves, and reduce pain
- Acupuncture, to trigger healing and soft tissue relaxation
- Physical therapy, to improve the strength and endurance of stabilizing postural muscles
- Massage therapy, to relax tense muscles, increase circulation, and stimulate healing lymphatic drainage