Diagnosing Back Pain – Why We Need a Professional

All you know right now is that your back hurts. When you sit, stand, roll over
or try to stretch, it just hurts. You may think you can ignore the pain in
hopes it will go away. This is fine if back pain is a rare occurrence in your
life, brought on only after attending to a back-breaking chore. But, once
back pain becomes a routine part of your day, you need a medical
professional to get a proper diagnosis and treatment.
You know, a little knowledge can be dangerous. Many of us are “armchair
physicians” when it comes to healing our own wounds. When your back first
begins to hurt, you may put heat on to relax the muscles or ice packs on to
reduce the inflammation and dull the pain. This is not necessarily a bad thing
UNTIL you realize that your back pain hasn't lessened. Worse yet, you
misdiagnosed the cause of your back pain and you're icing a knotted muscle
and heating an inflamed joint.