Lower back pain is the most common reason people finally pick up the phone and call us. And honestly most of them waited longer than they should have. We get it. It’s easy to hope it’ll go away. Sometimes it does. But if you’re reading this, it probably hasn’t.

In nearly four decades of practice, I’ve seen just about every version of lower back pain imaginable. The kind that hits you when you bend over to tie your shoes. The kind that wakes you up at 3am. The kind that starts in your back and shoots down into your leg. They’re not all the same problem — and they don’t all get the same treatment.

What we do first is figure out exactly what’s causing yours. That means a hands-on exam, a detailed spinal analysis, and an honest conversation about what we’re seeing. From there, we build a plan that’s specific to you not a cookie-cutter approach that treats every back the same way.

Lower back pain doesn’t have to be something you just live with. Most of the time, there’s a real answer and a real path forward.