Chronic back pain is a common complaint among adults. This is partly because the spine and back are complex structures. There are many things that could go wrong. Self-management can often make back pain less severe. Many problems can be temporarily solved with icing or rest. Florida Medical Pain Management may offer spinal cord stimulation as an alternative if that fails.

What causes chronic back pain

Chronic back pain can be caused by many things, including:

Muscle strain

Ligament damage

Bulging discs

Disks that have been ripped

Arthritis

Skeletal irregularities, such as vertebral injuries,

Osteoporosis

Disc disease

Failure to recover from back surgery

Radicular nerve pain

Fibromyalgia

Some risk factors can make you more susceptible to this type of pain.

Age

Exercise is not enough

Being overweight

Cancer and other diseases

For instance, repetitive trauma is caused by lifting at work.

Smoking

Lifestyle changes, such as starting to exercise or …