Low Back Pain
Everyone has experienced low back pain at one time or another. Most people can recover from low back pain with home treatment, such as changes in activity, weight loss, quitting smoking, and other steps. Sometimes medicine or surgery is needed.
Featured Treatments
Acute Pain Services
The Acute Pain Services at the Pain Management Center deliver comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for individuals with postoperative or post-traumatic pain, and treat conditions such as arthritis, back pain and joint pain.
Coil Occlusion
Interventional Radiology at Mass General offers coil occlusion, a minimally invasive, image-guided therapy, as a treatment for cerebral arterial aneurysms, also known as a brain aneurysm.
Comprehensive Spine Services and Interventions
The Pain Management Center at Massachusetts General Hospital delivers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for individuals with painful spine disorders and acute or chronic neck and low back pain.
Kyphoplasty
Mass General offers kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive, image-guided therapy, to help treat back pain caused by spinal fractures. Learn more about this interventional radiology service.
Nucleoplasty (Percutaneous Discectomy)
Mass General offers nucleoplasty as a minimally invasive, image-guided therapy to help treat back pain and leg pain caused by herniated discs. Learn more about this interventional radiology service.
Vertebroplasty
Mass General offers vertebroplasty, a minimally invasive, image-guided therapy, to help treat back pain caused by vertebral fractures. Learn more about this interventional radiology treatment.
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