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Marc Darrow, MD., JD At our practice we utilize Platelet-Rich Plasma as one of our injection treatments for the patient with chronic low back pain. We may also utilize bone marrow derived stem cell therapy. The decision as to which one of these treatments to use is based on an examination in the office and an assessment of the person’s pain and functional difficulties along with the patient’s goal of treatment. Someone who needs to return to work as a landscaper will have a different treatment priority than a retired individual with lesser physical demands on his/her back. Demonstration of

People with back pain, may, in many instances, suffer from terrible pain. It is typically in these patients where opioids are prescribed as a means to manage pain until surgery can be performed. As we will see in the research below, there are many setbacks to pre-surgical opioid usage. Latter in this article we will address alternatives, not only to opioid use but alternatives to the surgery you are being pain managed for. Nearly 20-29% of patients prescribed opioid pain medications misuse them and roughly 12% go on to develop an opioid addiction. An April 2023 study (1) brought light