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Suggest Remedy For Severe Back Pain Caused By An Accident

I fell backwards down the stairs while carrying my child, he is about 40lbs. My mid and upper back hurts really bad. I do not see any brusing but it hurts to move. I ve tried cold pack and ibprophen but everything seems to aggravate me. I do weigh about 215lbs and I m 5 11 feet tall. Should I go to Er for a xray
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hi,

thank-you for providing the brief history of you.

A thorough clinical examination is advised.

as you had a fall on a stair case and now having a back ache I feel you should take an x-ray or MRI. Since the pain is not relieved with the icing and Ibuprofen , I think this should be a bony or a soft tissue Injury.

Also the spine bones are having joints called facet joints and try are flat bony regions in the vertebral column. Any injury occuring in that area might not allow the pain to ease.

As on a safer side getting am MRI of spine will be good to understand the soft tissue and bony pathologies.

Once we can trace the pathology we can plan a better medical management to get you ease of this pains.

Most cases which I see in my clinical practice, it is after a clinical examination we decide an MRI and guide the treatment accordingly.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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Suggest Remedy For Severe Back Pain Caused By An Accident

hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. A thorough clinical examination is advised. as you had a fall on a stair case and now having a back ache I feel you should take an x-ray or MRI. Since the pain is not relieved with the icing and Ibuprofen , I think this should be a bony or a soft tissue Injury. Also the spine bones are having joints called facet joints and try are flat bony regions in the vertebral column. Any injury occuring in that area might not allow the pain to ease. As on a safer side getting am MRI of spine will be good to understand the soft tissue and bony pathologies. Once we can trace the pathology we can plan a better medical management to get you ease of this pains. Most cases which I see in my clinical practice, it is after a clinical examination we decide an MRI and guide the treatment accordingly. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel