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Invasive treatments for back pain
By Mayo Clinic staffTreatment for most people with chronic nonspecific back pain is with a conservative multidisciplinary approach that may include exercise and physical therapy, medications and other methods. Surgery and other invasive approaches remain an option if less conservative approaches are ineffective. Even if magnetic resonance imaging or another diagnostic imaging technique doesn't show a potential source of pain in your vertebral joints or disks, but your pain appears to be originating in those locations, you and your doctor may consider a more-aggressive approach to remove or reduce the pain and improve your function.
Spinal fusion Noninvasive treatments for back pain: Pros and cons
