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Low back pain (or lumbago) is a common musculoskeletal disorder affecting 80% of people at some point in their lives. It accounts for more sick leave and disability than any other medical condition. It can be either acute, sub acute or chronic in duration. Most often, the symptoms of low back pain show significant improvement within a few weeks from onset with conservative measures.
The causes of lower back pain are varied. Most cases are believed to be due to a sprain or strain in the muscles of the back. At the lowest end of the spine, some patients may have tailbone pain (also called coccyx pain or coccydynia). Others may have pain from their sacroiliac joint, where the spinal column attaches to the pelvis, called sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Physical causes may include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, degeneration of the discs between the vertebrae or a spinal disc herniation, a vertebral fracture (such as from osteoporosis), or rarely, an infection or tumor.
In the vast majority of cases no noteworthy or serious cause is ever identified. Usually the pain resolves on its own after a few weeks. Intensive testing for a physical cause without waiting for the pain to recede is not prudent because any problems identified may be irrelevant and misleading.
The purpose to treat acute low back pain is to prevent chronic, long-lasting low back pain. You want natural healing, and then you want to strengthen the involved parts so that the problem doesn’t happen again.
Think of low back problems as similar to a sprained
ankle. An injury causes bruising and swelling for two or three days, and then slow healing begins to become evident, even though you cannot see what is actually happening. The pain improves in less than a week, but six weeks is required fro full healing. Re-injury is costly, since the healing process will have to start again from the beginning.Do not take painkillers and muscle relaxation and then go on as if your back were all right, this practice will likely result in re-injury.
Whether you suffer from upper back pain, lower back pain, or middle back pain, neck pain, sciatic nerve problems, herniated discs, neck tension, chronic pain, or just general backache, there is hope for you that does not involve expensive and painful surgery, and does not involve the use of dangerous NSAID medications.
From WWW.BackPainPanacea.com, post Lower Back Pain
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