The BIOS Orthopedic Institute
Alberto J. Panero, D.O.
Regenerative Orthopedics Specialist & Sports Medicine Specialist located in Sacramento, CA
Regenerative Orthopedics Specialist & Sports Medicine Specialist located in Sacramento, CA
Lower back pain is incredibly common and ranges from mildly irritating to debilitating. If you’re dealing with chronic lower back pain, come see Dr. Alberto J. Panero at The BIOS Orthopedic Institute in Sacramento, California. He will evaluate the spine and accompanying areas to devise the right cutting-edge treatment for your relief.
What causes lower back pain?
More often than not, back pain is a result of multiple issues. You may have injury or inflammation of the soft tissue around the spine, or an issue with the vertebrae, facet joints, or discs. Tightness in muscles or misalignment of discs can compress nerves, creating residual pain in your legs, hips, pelvis, or shoulders.
What type of pain should concern me?
If you know you pulled a muscle and the pain resolves within a few weeks, you’re probably OK. However, it’s always a good idea to be examined when you’re experiencing low back pain or any other pain along your spine.
Particularly worrisome pain includes:
- Dull and achy pain that’s contained to the lower back
- Electrical, burning pain that radiates from your low back down your legs
- Muscle spasms in the back area
- Pain that increases with long sessions of sitting or standing
- Difficulty changing positions: Especially going from standing to sitting
How can regenerative orthopedics help?
Interventional orthopedics offers a nonsurgical way to address your pain. Dr. Panero will combine a through history and physical exam and combine these findings with pertinent imaging review of Xrays and MRI. We can also use live x-ray, fluoroscopy, to guide treatments at various areas of the spine.
Orthopedics doesn’t just address the symptoms of pain but looks for the origin. For example, you may be feeling pain at your sacroiliac joint (SI), but the origin of this pain is actually due to a disc misplacement and the SI pain is compensatory.
