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Back pain can affect nearly every part of your day, from sitting and sleeping to working, exercising, and spending time with family. While back pain is common, the reason behind it can vary significantly from one person to another. At Modern Pain Management & Regenerative Institute, we take a personalized, physician-led approach to evaluating and treating back pain. Led by Dr. Mariam El-Baghdadi, a fellowship-trained interventional pain management physician with more than 15 years of experience, care begins with understanding your symptoms, medical history, imaging, and how pain is affecting your daily life. Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all treatment plan, Dr. El-Baghdadi works to identify potential sources of pain and determine which conservative, interventional, or regenerative treatment options may be appropriate for your individual needs.
Discover A More Personalized Approach to Back Pain Care
Back pain may develop suddenly after an injury or gradually over time. It can involve the muscles, joints, discs, nerves, or other structures of the spine.
Common causes and contributing conditions may include:
Imaging findings do not always tell the whole story. A careful medical evaluation can help determine which findings may be related to your symptoms and which may simply be incidental.
Back pain can present in many different ways. Depending on the underlying cause, symptoms may include:
If your symptoms are not improving, continue to return, or are beginning to interfere with your quality of life, a pain management evaluation may help clarify your options.
Your consultation begins with a detailed conversation about your symptoms, health history, previous treatments, and how your pain is affecting your daily life.
Dr. El-Baghdadi may also review existing X-rays, MRI scans, or other imaging and perform a physical and neurologic examination to better understand what may be contributing to your pain.
Depending on your diagnosis, treatment recommendations may include conservative care, image-guided injections, nerve blocks, other interventional pain management procedures, or regenerative medicine options for select musculoskeletal conditions.
The goal is not simply to treat the location of your pain. It is to develop a treatment plan based on your individual diagnosis and clinical findings.
Back pain care requires more than reviewing an MRI or recommending the same treatment for every patient.
Dr. El-Baghdadi has more than 15 years of interventional pain management experience and has performed thousands of injections. Her training includes Tulane University School of Medicine, anesthesiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a pain management fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she served as Chief Fellow.
Patients choose Modern Pain Management & Regenerative Institute for a physician-led approach that combines clinical experience, precise procedural technique, and individualized attention.
Chris Pyzdrowski
A pain management physician specializes in evaluating and treating many causes of acute and chronic pain. Depending on your symptoms and diagnosis, a pain management physician may recommend conservative care, targeted procedures, or referral to another specialist when appropriate.
Many patients with back pain can explore nonsurgical treatment options. Depending on the underlying cause, these may include physical therapy, activity modification, medications, image-guided procedures, or other approaches. Treatment recommendations should be based on your individual diagnosis.
Back pain generally refers to discomfort in the back itself. Sciatica typically describes symptoms related to irritation of the sciatic nerve or associated nerve roots and may cause pain, numbness, or tingling that travels from the lower back or buttock into the leg.
Not every patient with back pain requires an MRI. Imaging may be recommended depending on your symptoms, medical history, physical examination, duration of pain, and other clinical factors. If you already have imaging, Dr. El-Baghdadi can review it as part of your evaluation.
The appropriate procedure depends on the suspected source of pain. Options may include epidural steroid injections, facet-related procedures, nerve blocks, joint injections, or other targeted treatments. An evaluation is necessary to determine whether a procedure is appropriate and which approach may be considered.
Discover A Non-Surgical Approach to Back Pain
If back pain is limiting your activity, affecting your sleep, or keeping you from doing the things you enjoy, Modern Pain Management & Regenerative Institute can help you better understand what may be contributing to your symptoms.
Schedule a consultation with Dr. El-Baghdadi in Libertyville today to discuss your back pain and explore treatment options that may be appropriate for you.