What should I do if I have back pain after seeing a chiropractor?

Back pain is a complex yet common problem that affects many people and there can be many causes from a disc prolapse with nerve root irritation, muscular spasm, facet joint pain or fascial pain. A Sports/MSK physician will take a detailed history, perform a thorough clinical examination and, depending on symptoms/signs, may organise investigations such as X-rays, MRIs or blood tests. For the majority of back pains, conservative (non-operative) management will suffice. This may include physiotherapy, guided injections or analgesia.

Thank you for your email and I am sorry to hear about your ongoing pain symptoms. This can be an issue after surgery even if it does resolve the disc issue/symptoms that you were experiencing. The only way to resolve pain is to assess you and consider the pain generators in the back - unfortunately there can be many. It could be residual pain from degenerative discs, facet joints, nerve irritation, muscular tightness, scar tissue formation and so on.