Okay so my fiancée has this horrible sharp pain right next to his spine, when you feel it and put pressure it feels like the nerve is sitting on top of the muscle or other way around. Anyways, I see a chiropractor for my chronic back pain and told them about my fiancée. They said it sounds a lot like a slipped disk and told me how the pain feels exactly how he describes it. His regular physician made him get an X-ray but said everything's fine. The chiropractor wants us to get a copy of the X-ray and bring it in with him for a consult (he can't see one regularly because insurance doesn't cover it) and tell him what to do next. The problem is, he used to be badly addicted to prescription medication and almost lost his life. He's been clean now for over a year. He wants to go see a urgent care doctor tomorrow and I'm worried they might try to give him a muscle relaxer or any pain meds because they don't know about his history and he definitely won't tell them himself. My question is, has anyone had a slipped disk? If so how did you treat it? Also for bad back pain, any natural remedies for relief?? Let me add that for the past two months or so he's been taking tramadol daily to the point where it's started an addiction that he denies. He said it's the only thing that helps the pain and he said he needs it daily or else he can't work. What should I do?