If you’re having serious back pain week after week (or day after day), you might worry that surgery is in your future. This may even make you nervous about telling your doctor about your persistent back pain, keeping you from getting any relief or guidance at all.
But the truth is, you’ve got a variety of methods to treat back pain, and many of them are effective at reducing pain and improving patients’ quality of lives, long before surgery is even considered. In this video, learn the different options doctors recommend, from least to most invasive.
Dr. Chang is a highly specialized interventional pain management specialist in private practice in New Jersey.
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