Our specialty-trained back doctors at North Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic are experts in providing experienced care for patients’ back injuries and conditions.

While back doctors are medical experts who understand the back, neck, and spine, they also recognize that for a person who has back pain, the top priority is to eliminate the pain as soon as possible, which is why a back doctor’s experience is so necessary. To help each patient achieve the best possible outcomes, they must accomplish two things at once. First, offer help to ease any immediate symptoms. Secondly—and even more importantly—back specialists must identify the source of the problem and find ways to treat it, so the pain doesn’t return, or if it does, it is much more manageable than it was before.

The types of back issues and patients that back doctors treat range from young athletes who are injured while playing sports to older people with a degenerative bone condition, like osteoporosis. The conditions causing the back pain can also involve nerves and soft tissues of the back. While nonsurgical methods can often be used to treat these back issues, some of them do require surgery. 

When It’s Time to Seek Back Care

Take note of the symptoms you are experiencing and communicate those to your doctor so they will have a better understanding of what may be happening. Here are just some of the symptoms that people with back problems typically have:

• Leg aches
• Low back pain or stiffness
• Muscular back spasms
• Pain after lifting
• Pain that is worse in the morning
• Pain that radiates from the lower back to the buttocks and gets worse when sitting
• Stooped posture
• Sudden bursts of back pain

If any of these symptoms describe your issue, it’s possible that you may have one of these back conditions or injuries:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Back arthritis
• Coccydynia
• Facet syndrome
• Fracture
• Herniated disc
• Lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica)
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis (degenerative or spondylotic)
• Trapezius strain

Back pain can have a negative effect on your life, leaving you unable to complete everyday tasks. If the pain and underlying condition remain untreated, there is a risk of further injury or damage occurring, which is why it’s imperative to contact one of our specialists and set up a consultation.