When a person experiences chronic back pain, it can not only be stressful for their physical health, but it can take a huge emotional toll on their mental health and wellbeing, as well. 

If you are currently suffering with repetitive and chronic backache and pain, or maybe a loved one is going through such an affliction, then you have certainly come to the right place. Continue reading for a concise guide to chronic back pain and how to manage the condition effectively. 

Causes of Chronic Back Pain

Although there are, as always, notable exceptions to the rule, generally chronic back pain conditions are related to age and usually occur in older adults, or instead are due to an older injury that has occurred in the past.

The most common causes of chronic back pain include:

• A gradual thinning of pieces of cartilage in the spine
• Arthritis in the spine
• Bulging discs
• Herniated discs
• Myofascial pain syndrome
• A narrowing of the spinal canal
• Spinal stenosis

Some of the best ways to treat chronic back pain include the following:

Stem Cell Treatment

One of the most innovative and already provenways to treat repetitive, or even constant, chronic back pain is stem cell treatment. 

Essentially, stem cell therapy is a solely outpatient procedure which neither uses surgery or medication to boost the body’s natural healing process. The body’s own stem cells are used to decrease severe pain in the back, to help heal injuries, and to help regenerate damaged nerves and tissues.

Prestigious and established stem cell treatments are perhaps one of the most impressive scientific breakthroughs of modern times, with numerous studies reporting a high success rate in terms of pain reduction. 

Physical Therapy

Another incredibly popular way of treating cases of chronic back pain in people of any age is with physical therapy. As exercise is the basic foundation of treating any kind of ache or pain in the back, physical therapy is likely to be the first course of medical treatment your doctor will suggest. 

Physical therapy helps to treat chronic back pain using exercises to strengthen your core, to test your limit in terms of pain tolerance, and to teach you how to correct your posture in the longterm. 

Medication

Finally, due to the impressive developments of modern medicine, there are a selection of medications (both in terms of prescription medicine and over-the-counter drugs) which can serve to alleviate the suffering of chronic pain in the back. 

It is worth pointing out, however, that such medications are only designed and meant to be used in the shortterm and are certainly not intended to be used for months and years. The most common types of pharmacologic treatments designed to treat chronic back pain include anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, and analgesics.

Aside from the treatments discussed above, in order to prevent flare-ups of pain in the back (both less severe and chronic), you should always strive to drink as much water as you can to ensure you stay hydrated, and make changes to your diet to make sure you are consuming enough vitamins and minerals.