Coping with MS Back Pain

Stuart SchlossmanMultiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms

 

Keeping Back Pain
Under Control When You Have MS

Are
you coping with debilitating back pain related to multiple sclerosis? Learn
how medications, exercise, and other treatments can help.

Back pain is one of many symptoms associated with MS. A variety of treatments may help alleviate your pain. Keep reading to find out what these are and how they may help.

If you have MS, you may experience back pain for a number of reasons. For example, it may result from spasticity. This is a type of extreme tightness that’s common in people with MS. Incorrectly using mobility aids can also put pressure on your back. This can lead to poor posture and pain. Your back may also become sore if you struggle with balance or mobility, or walk in an unnatural pattern.

Sometimes your back hurts for reasons that aren’t related to MS. Unrelated muscle strain or a herniated disk can result in pain. If you have MS, you won’t be able to compensate for this back pain as well as others might.

To treat MS-related back pain, your doctor may recommend one or more of the following treatments:

  • medications
  • exercise
  • physical therapy
  • occupational therapy
  • water therapy
  • alternative treatments

Medications

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