Back Pain Is A Common Occurance
Back Pain
Your back is the workhorse of your body. You rely on your back in nearly every move you make. So although your back is a well-designed body structure of bone, muscles, nerves, and other soft tissues, it is vulnerable to injury and back pain, either of which can be incapacitating.
Back pain is a frequent problem, happening in four out of five adults. While back pain is most likely to occur at one time in your life, there are steps you can take to preclude it from happening to you or to keep the pain from becoming worse.
Causes
Just a bout all back pain takes place in the lower back, where most of your body weight is supported. It is normally brought about by a strained back muscles and ligaments due to any of the following activities:
- Poor posture
- Lifting heavy items
- Sudden clumsy movement
- Muscle spasm
- Stress
In some cases, however, back pain can be retraced back to specific conditions, such as:
- Herniated Disk - When the disk material presses on a nerve.
- Sciatica - When a herniated disk presses on the sciatic nerve. The condition induces sharp, shooting pain through the buttocks and the back of the leg.
- Spinal Stenosis - When the area around the spinal cord and nerve roots becomes narrowed which is usually brought about by arthritis and bone overgrowth. Pain results when a nerve gets pinched in the narrow space.
- Spondylosis - A type of arthritis affecting the spine due to degenerative changes brought on by aging.
- Spondylolisthesis - When one vertebra in the spinal column slips forward over another.
Because back pain in any of these instances is premised on a definable cause, the treatment process is also easily identified. Back pain could also be caused by other particular circumstances, not mentioned here since they take place only rarely.
Medical Advice
Treatment in the home and self-care are commonly the preferred way to take care of back pain. However, there are uncommon cases where back pain may point to a more serious medical problem, in which case, medical advice is needed.
Pay attention to the following symptoms of back pain:
- Intense or constant back pain, particularly when lying down at night
- Back pain spreads down one or both legs
- Weakness, numbness, or tingling in one or both legs
- New bowel or bladder troubles
- Abdominal pain or pulsation, fever
- Occurs after a fall, blow to your back or other injury
- Accompanied by unexplained weight loss
If you experience any of the above, then be sure to see your doctor at once. Additionally, if you are older than 50, seek doctor’s advice about your back pain even when you do not experience any of the symptoms noted above. People with a history of cancer, steroid use, osteoporosis, or alcohol or drug abuse should also see a doctor if they experience back pain.
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The information provided here is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a ground for any form of diagnosis or treatment for any medical condition whatsoever - including any type of back pain or other associated or related pains.
Always seek the advice of a professional medical doctor for proper diagnosis and/or treatment.