Im a 25 year old male who does a lot of heavy lifting at my job. Ive been having some painful lower back pain and cant take much more of the pain.. Ive been told by some to go see a chiropractor and ive been told by others to see a doctor because chiropractors only offer quick fixes and their procedures can leave u with more pain.. Please help provide insight!
-thanks-
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The medical specialty is physical medicine (alos known as sports medicine). These are doctors who diagnose and treat painful conditions like yours and treat them with physical therapy and other non surgical techniques.
The doctor will examine you, probably take xrays and very likely prescribe physical therapy- which is the most conservative way to begin. If there is no improvement, your doctor may have you take an MRI to look at soft tissue (which xrays do not) to determine what other treatments can help you. Surgery should be the very last resort.
Good luck. These doctors have helped me with severe lower back pain.