The most common causes of back pain are self-treatable, self-diagnosable problems. For adults, back pain is usually a temporary infliction that becomes more common with age. However, there are also several more serious causes of back pain that require medical intervention.
What, if any, procedure you’ll need to undergo for back pain depends on your diagnosis, pain levels and severity of the condition. Muscle strains and ligament sprains will rarely require anything beyond at-home care and potentially an x-ray to rule out further damage…
Most spinal procedures are done to reduce or eliminate pain so the best measure of success is whether or not the patient has less or no pain after the procedure.