Try: Back pain affects many care recipients cr depending on the cause of the pain there are many types of treatment to diagnose back pain the doctor probably will test the cr’s range of motion and nerve function and touch your body to locate the area of discomfort sometimes blood and urine tests are performed to make sure that the back pain is not caused by an infection or other more widespread medical problem x-rays are useful in pinpointing broken bones or other skeletal defects in the cr they can sometimes help locate problems in connective tissue x-rays and mri studies have limitations and must be interpreted with caution back pain may be incorrectly attributed to non-specific and unrelated abnormalities on the images ordinary and expected wear and tear in the spine and discs may be mistaken as the cause of a cr’s back pain likewise plain x-rays are usually not helpful in cases of chronic back pain without a significant injury or loss of sensation and movement in the extremities most back pain originates in the back and not the actual spine because most back pain is related to the muscles of the back the specific cause of most back pain cannot be determined by imaging studies information references webmd com

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