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Chronic back pain is pain that lasts for more than 3 months. Chronic back pain has usually not responded to conservative measures. Other treatment options include epidural injections and surgery.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Back, Lower back

Symptoms

Low back pain
Back pain
Pain shooting down the leg

Risk factors

Personal

Lifting heavy objects

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Chronic back pain
Muscle relaxants
NSAIDs
Tricyclic antidepressant
Ibuprofen
Naproxen
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Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Chronic back pain

Surgery

Epidural injection
3.4
8 reviews
Epidural steroid injection
3.1
8 reviews
Back surgery
2.2
13 reviews

Other treatments

Yoga
Acupuncture
Physical therapy
Massage
Low impact exercise

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