Skip to content
WebMD: Better information. Better health.
 
Other search tools:Symptoms|Doctors|Medical Dictionary

Back Pain Health Center

Treatment & Care

Font Size
A
A
A

Back pain may be constant or sudden, mild or debilitating. Get the facts on back pain treatments, including medication, exercise, and chiropractic care.

Treatment

Get information on the latest back pain treatments from aspirin to yoga.

Find out the benefits and risks of many different back pain medications.

Get answers to your chiropractic questions -- including information on chiropractic treatments to the controversy surrounding some of these treatments.

Learn about “alternative” techniques for treating back pain.

This video outlines acupuncture’s use in treating back pain.

Learn how electrical nerve stimulation and electrothermal therapy are used to help relieve back pain.

For some types of back pain, blocking pain messages sent to the brain can help.

Find out when a nerve block can help ease back pain.

Read about electrical treatment for back pain.

Will back surgery help ease back pain?

Learn how acupuncture can help with back pain and why certain points on the back are chosen for acupuncture.

Learn what the TENS machine is, why it is used to treat back pain, how it works, and much more.

Learn about pain relief options for people with sciatica.

Learn about the different types of injections you can use to help treat back pain and how these injections are given.

Laminectomy is one of the most common back surgeries.

Care

Find out what home treatments may ease low back pain.

Get information on spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain.

Today in Back Pain

back pain myths slideshow
Slideshow
woman with lower back pain
Quiz
 
man on cellphone
Slideshow
acupuncture needles in woman's back
Slideshow
 

woman stretching to touch toes
Article
pain in brain and nerves
Slideshow
 
Chronic Pain Healtcheck
Health Check
break at desk
Article
 

Woman holding lower back
Slideshow
Weight Loss Surgery
Slideshow
 
lumbar spine
Slideshow
back pain
Article