Say Goodbye to Lower Back Pain: Nonsurgical Treatments That Actually Work

You’re one of the 23% of women and men around the world who suffer from lower back pain, but you don’t want surgery. According to The Lown Institute Hospitals Index, hospitals in the United States performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries over a three-year period, costing Medicare $2 billion. 

Even spine surgeons rarely suggest surgery as a first-line treatment for back pain. Luckily, evidence-based nonsurgical options are available that can restore your comfort and mobility.

At Addison Pain + Regenerative Medicine, our medical professionals offer a variety of nonsurgical treatments for back pain. We perform all of the procedures in the comfort and privacy of our Addison, Texas, office.

Are you ready to say goodbye to your lower back pain? Here’s how you can do it without ever going under the knife. 

Chiropractic adjustments

Chiropractic care helps realign your spine, so your entire body works more efficiently. Chiropractic care includes a number of supportive therapies that could help you avoid drugs and other treatments. 

Your doctor may manually manipulate your spine into better alignment. They might also use gentle traction, which stretches your spine. Massage can help to soothe nerves and loosen tight muscles.

Injections

If spinal manipulation and chiropractic care aren’t enough to relieve your discomfort, we may recommend injections that numb the pain so you can get through your day. Possibilities include:

• Epidural steroid injections — corticosteroid for pinched nerves
• Facet or sacroiliac joint injections — steroids or anesthetics in painful joints
• Trigger point injections — alleviate tight muscle knots

Many types of injections can also help identify the cause of your joint pain and are used as diagnostic tools. If the sedative numbs your pain, we know the pain originates in that joint.

Medications

If over-the-counter pain medications don’t work for you, but you want to avoid opioids, we have choices. Safe therapies that may provide long-term relief include:

Medical cannabis

Various types of medical cannabis can help control long-term, chronic pain. Cannabis has been recognized for its medicinal properties since as early as 400 AD. Evidence for cannabis in chronic back pain is mixed but has been shown to help some patients.

Ketamine infusions 

Ketamine is a drug that was first used as anesthesia in surgery. However, you can benefit from its anesthetic effects without going to sleep. Ketamine may provide short‑term relief for certain refractory pain conditions.

Regenerative therapies

Your body has natural repair processes that help tissues recover from injury, but chronic inflammation or wear‑and‑tear can overwhelm those systems. Regenerative therapies are designed to support and enhance those natural healing pathways so your back can function more comfortably.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)

We draw a small blood sample from your arm and concentrate the platelets into a serum. Platelets are cell fragments packed with growth factors that help initiate and support tissue repair. When this platelet‑rich plasma is injected into the painful area, it delivers a higher dose of these healing signals, which may reduce inflammation and support soft‑tissue recovery. 

PRP doesn’t regenerate nerves or rebuild spinal structures; however, research shows it could help reduce inflammation, support soft‑tissue healing, and improve pain in some patients with tendon or ligament‑related back pain.

Bone marrow aspirate (BMA)

Using local anesthesia, we utilize a needle to remove bone marrow from a hip bone. Marrow contains mesenchymal cells (MSCs), which may help modulate inflammation and support healing in certain orthopedic conditions. After preparing the MSCs, we inject them into the site of your pain.

These cells don’t rebuild damaged spinal tissues, but they may help modulate inflammation and support healing in certain orthopedic conditions.

These biologic treatments work by supporting your body’s natural repair processes, helping reduce inflammation and improve function without the risks of surgery.

Unlike surgery, nonsurgical methods to manage back pain work with your body’s processes. Find out how nonsurgical approaches can relieve chronic back pain by calling our team at 972-380-0000 today or requesting an appointment online.