X-rays and other such tests are necessary to find back pain. In many cases, doctors can administer treatment without extensive testing. Doctors can cure back pain. Back pain demands immediate medical attention. You should seek medical attention if the pain lasts for days, increases progressively or affects normal body functions.
Patients go through the same tests to see if their back pain comes from a bad disc.
If that disc has not shrunk to less than 50 percent of its normal height, it can be treated with IDET rather than fusion, said Dr. Jack Kabazie, medical director of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital's Institute for Pain. His low back problems began seven years ago after he finished playing golf. He bent down to tie his shoelace and fell over in severe pain. I've been going to doctors, hospitals, surgeries, procedures ever since. I kind of made fun of people who had back pain until I had my own.