It Hurts but It’s Not Serious
Posted on February 23, 2008
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Diagnosing the cause of a back problem can be very difficult. The source of pain can be almost impossible to pinpoint in many cases. A muscle strain won’t show up on a MRI or X-ray making it hard to say exactly what’s been injured. But one of the most common diagnosis is muscle sprain. A strain can actually be a muscle, ligament or tendon strain.
When you strain your back, there’s a limited number of things you can do to make it feel better. Often, it just takes some time for the sprain to heal. You can reduce your physical activity while it’s healing. You can also put an ice pack on the area where it hurts right after the injury happens. There are plenty of over-the-counter medications you can take too. As the pain begins to go away, you should start moving around again. It usually only takes a few days for a sprain to get better.
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There is a lot of information on this site. I have suffered from degenerative disc disease for years but never really understood it, until now that is. When I was diagnosed, the doctor said simply that I have DDD and I would have to learn to live with it. I’m going to have him come to this site.