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<div id="topicContent" class="utdArticleSection utdStyle xhash_topicContent_scrollTarget"><div id="topicTitle">Treatment of acute low back pain</div> <span class="view"><div data-v-2a07518f="" data-v-a20af505="" class="view-in-language ds1-pa-compact ds1-utd-size-1 wk-js2"><div data-v-80b97b5e="" data-v-2a07518f="" class="wk-field wk-field-is-inline wk-field-small" input-id="view-in-language" label="Topic Language" name="view-in-language" hide-header=""><!----> <div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-body"><div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-select-container"><select data-v-80b97b5e="" id="view-in-language" tabindex="0" aria-label="Select Topic Language option" class="wk-field-select view-in-language-selector" name="view-in-language" placeholder="Select Language"><option data-v-80b97b5e="" disabled="" value="">Select Language</option> <option data-v-80b97b5e="" value="/contents/zh-Hans/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain">Chinese</option><option data-v-80b97b5e="" value="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain">English</option></select></div> <div data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-inlay"><span data-v-80b97b5e="" class="wk-field-icon wk-field-check-mark-icon"><!----></span></div> <!----></div></div></div></span><div class="authorSectionElem"><div class="authorsElementsLeft"><dl id="topicContributors"><dt><span> </span>Authors:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christopher L Knight, MD</a></dd><dd><a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roger Chou, MD</a></dd><dt><span> </span>Section Editor:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven J Atlas, MD, MPH</a></dd><dt><span> </span>Deputy Editor:</dt><dd><a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/contributors" class="contributor contributor_credentials" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Karen Law, MD, FACP</a></dd></dl><div id="literatureReviewDate"><div class="litReviewSingleLine"><bdi><span class="emphasis">Literature review current through:</span>&nbsp;Jun 2025.</bdi></div><div class="litReviewSingleLine"><bdi><span class="emphasis">This topic last updated:</span>&nbsp;Jul 18, 2025.</bdi></div></div></div></div><div id="topicText"><p class="headingAnchor css_h1" id="xhash_H1"><span class="h1 xhash_H1_scrollTarget">INTRODUCTION</span></p><p class="css_h1">Most people will have low back pain at some time in their lives [<a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/abstract/1,2" class="abstract_t">1,2</a>]. The vast majority of patients seen in primary care (&gt;85 percent) will have nonspecific low back pain, meaning that the patient has back pain in the absence of a specific underlying condition that can be reliably identified [<a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/abstract/3-5" class="abstract_t">3-5</a>]. For most of these individuals, episodes of back pain are self-limited. Patients who continue to have back pain beyond the acute period (four weeks) have subacute back pain (lasting between 4 and 12 weeks), and some may go on to develop chronic back pain (lasting &gt;12 weeks) [<a href="/contents/treatment-of-acute-low-back-pain/abstract/6" class="abstract_t">6</a>].</p><p class="css_h1">This discussion focuses on the initial treatment of nonspecific acute low back pain. The treatment of acute low back pain due to specific conditions is discussed in the appropriate topics. As examples:</p><p class="bulletIndent1 css_h1"><span class="glyph">●</span>Treatment for vertebral compression fracture (see  <a href="/contents/osteoporotic-thoracolumbar-vertebral-compression-fractures-clinical-manifestations-and-treatment?search=lumbar+strain&amp;topicRef=7780&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral compression fractures: Clinical manifestations and treatment"</a>)</p><p class="bulletIndent1 css_h1"><span class="glyph">●</span>Treatment for lumbosacral radiculopathy (see  <a href="/contents/acute-lumbosacral-radiculopathy-treatment-and-prognosis?search=lumbar+strain&amp;topicRef=7780&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Acute lumbosacral radiculopathy: Treatment and prognosis"</a>)</p><p class="bulletIndent1 css_h1"><span class="glyph">●</span>Treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis (see  <a href="/contents/lumbar-spinal-stenosis-treatment-and-prognosis?search=lumbar+strain&amp;topicRef=7780&amp;source=see_link" class="medical medical_review">"Lumbar spinal stenosis: Treatment and prognosis"</a>)</p><a id="xhash_H3302945132" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H3302945132_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H3556868719" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H3556868719_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H981508505" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H981508505_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H3763386967" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H3763386967_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1059984806" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1059984806_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H328640201" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H328640201_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H2761158134" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H2761158134_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H568545882" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H568545882_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H4" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H4_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1111886725" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1111886725_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H5" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H5_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H7" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H7_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1111887676" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1111887676_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H15565148" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H15565148_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H15565366" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H15565366_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1111886804" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1111886804_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1111894441" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1111894441_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H3768099668" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H3768099668_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H23" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H23_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H3163725405" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H3163725405_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H24" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H24_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H25" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H25_scrollTarget"></a><a id="xhash_H1032770506" class="headingAnchor emptyAnchor xhash_H1032770506_scrollTarget"></a></div><div data-v-a20af505="" id="subscribeInterrupt" class="subscribe-message-banner"><div class="subscribe_header_message">To continue reading this article, you must sign in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription.</div> <!----> <div class="subscribe-interrupt-login-register-section"><div class="login-register-section-item"><a data-v-e300e72a="" href="/store" class="utd-button utd-button-link utd-button-size-large utd-button-color-green-shade-3 utd-button-style-default link-button-1" track="enabled" role="button"><!----> <span data-v-e300e72a="" class="utd-button-link-text"><!----> Subscribe</span> <!----></a></div> <div class="login-register-section-item"><a data-v-e300e72a="" href="/login" class="utd-button utd-button-link utd-button-size-large utd-button-color-blue utd-button-style-default link-button-2" track="enabled" role="button"><!----> <span data-v-e300e72a="" class="utd-button-link-text"><!----> Sign in</span> <!----></a></div></div></div><div id="disclaimer" class="xhash_disclaimerContent_scrollTarget">Disclaimer: This generalized information is a limited summary of diagnosis, treatment, and/or medication information. 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