Depends: If you're symptoms are severe and interfering with your daily life, or if you have any neurologic deficits, such as numbness, weakness, or incontinence, you should definitely seek evaluation from a physician. If your pain is bothersome but tolerable without any neurologic component, you can try simple stretches and over the counter pain relievers.
Answered 8/29/2013
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Back pain: The back pain can be caused by muscle strain, spinal stenosis, ruptured disc, nerve impingement ... If your pain persists, you should seek help from a pain management doctor. You might benefit from a comprehensive evaluation and treatment.
Answered 12/10/2013
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Low Back Pain: Very common for humans to experience back pain. Acute onset of back pain usually resolves in 4-6 weeks. If pain isn't improved, worsens, radiates into legs, causes tingling and numbness into legs, weakness of legs, associated with numbness in the perianal area, bowel or bladder problem, fever, chill, unexplained weight loss, of pain while lying down regardless of position seek medical evaluation.
Answered 12/9/2013
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