Don’t take it for granted, back pain can be a symptom of pinched nerves

JAKARTA – Back pain is a condition that is often experienced by people. The back is the area most vulnerable to pain because it bears the most weight from your own body weight.

When back pain occurs, the back of the body feels pain or aches that make it difficult for a person to perform activities. This condition is often taken for granted because most people think it will heal on its own.

Indeed, back pain can indicate an abnormality in the body if the pain does not go away. One of these is known as a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve or having the medical name of nucleus pulposus herniation is a condition in which the nerve is compressed by surrounding body tissue, ligaments, tendons, or bones.

Explained by Eka Hospital BSD Spine Consultant Dr. Asrafi Rizki Gatam, Sp.OT(K) Spine, the symptoms of a pinched nerve are varied and cause prolonged discomfort.

“When experiencing this condition, a person will feel a stinging pain when the patient moves their body, such as bending, turning, or even when walking. A person may also feel numbness or tingling in parts of their body,” she said. he said she.

The causes of a pinched nerve can be many things, such as lifting weights or objects beyond your ability, spinal injuries during activities, and resting too long in bed with poor posture. Age factors, body posture, infrequent exercise, being overweight, and smoking are also some of the things that can increase your risk of getting a pinched nerve.

Although in some cases the back pain condition due to a pinched nerve may subside within a few days after getting enough rest, there are also conditions in which the symptoms do not go away. For this the dr. Asrafi recommends that patients go to the nearest orthopedic doctor. Because a pinched nerve has the potential to permanently damage nerves and can threaten your health.

Currently, even a pinched nerve is no longer a major surgical procedure. Technological developments have enabled doctors to treat back pain problems with minimally invasive methods that further reduce incisions and pain in patients, with a lower risk of complications and a shorter recovery period.

Like the Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery method, a surgical technique that uses endoscope technology to treat spinal problems. The process can be done quickly through small incisions that rely on a small camera inserted into the body.

The surgical process can be performed without the risk of damaging other tissue and the postoperative recovery process is quick. This way, patients can move immediately as usual.