General back pain therapy

Treatment depends on the cause of the complaints. However, this is the vast number of pain episodes of a temporary event that requires only symptomatic treatment (analgesics, physiotherapy, massage, mud, etc.), and should be avoided if possible by targeted therapy and the rapid formation of a pain memory.

The guidelines emphasizes that only long-term measures are useful to involve the active participation of the patient. For months or years, with continued assistance, passivating treatments were avoided because they promote the chronic of back pain.

A meta-analysis of studies on nonsurgical treatment procedures found that among acute back pain only non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) had a significant effect. Help for chronic pain can include acupuncture and behavioral interventions.
Osteopathy, manual medicine, relaxation techniques, autogenous training, massage, electric massage and stretching shortened muscles and neutralizing activities are also implemented.  Local infiltrations are to relax the muscles. Physiotherapy is experienced by most patients which is often beneficial, the cost / benefit ratio is referred to by the insurers, however, and is often inappropriate, and trials to prove their efficacy are rare.