Ninety per cent of back pain improves within six weeks with activity modification and physiotherapy. The remaining cases matter.
Red flags
- Weakness or numbness in a leg that is getting worse
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
- Pain that wakes you at night, with fever or unexplained weight loss
- Pain after a fall in anyone over sixty
What a specialist assessment involves
A focused neurological examination, X-rays, and MRI only when the examination points to nerve compression.
Treatment options
Most patients never reach surgery. Targeted physiotherapy, activity change and injections resolve the majority.
Have symptoms like these?
Book a consultation with Dr. Siddharth Gupta in Faridabad.