Low Back Pain causes and symtoms

Acute low back pain is one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor and it is sd only to the ordinary cold as a cause for missing work. Low back is the leading workmen's comp injust and is the major cause of disability in people the age of 45. Bk pain is ranked sd in diagnosed leading to surgery. alarming increase in obesity and the aging of our population is one of the causes to the increase of back pain.

Causes Acute Pain

• An injury or trauman such as a car accident
• A sports injury
• Lifting or straining at wk or around the house
• Sudden twisting movement while lifting or moving a heavy object
• A fall
• A blow to the body that is strong enough to force a joint out of normal position
• Chronic overuse of muscles and tendons from repetitive, prolonged movement

Symptoms

• Sudden sharp pain in lower back that causes extreme discomfort
• Muscle spasms or cramping in lower back
• A dull, persistent nagging pain in lumbar region that appears after hours of work, such as shoveling snow, digging, or bending.
• Sharp pain in low back radiate down front, se or back of one leg
• Activity aggravate the pain
• Sitting also make it worse
• Decreased range of motion
• Difficulty walking
• Problems bending forward or sideways
• Standing erect be painful

Acute back pain gradually ease and up after a month or so. Ts is usually the ce when the pain is to trauma resulting in back strain or a sprain. Muscle strains and sprains are together and referred to by physicians as musculoligamentous injuries of the lumbar spine.

Lumbar Strain - Bacj Strain
tendons are fibrous bands that are connected muscles to the bone. muscle fibers in the low back are stretched or town with a back strain. tendons that help support the spine in the low back also be twisted, pulled, or torn. low back strain is also doagnosed lumbar strain.

Sprain – Lumbar Sprain
sprain is the stretching or tearing of a ligament which is a tough band of tissue that connects two or more bones at a joint and prevents excessive movement of that joint.With a lumbar sprain, low back muscles and the ligaments are stretched or torn.

Chronic back pain is classfied if the pain persists for te months or more. progressively worse and the cause can be difficult to determine. Thorough physical examination mt be as well as lab tests and x-rays. determine the cause of back pain a CT scan and MRI might be from your Doctor.

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