Low back pain occurs in almost everyone at some point or another. Both men and women are affected. This occurs most often between ages 30 and 50 years. This is partly due to the aging process and as a result of sedentary lifestyles with too little exercise. Lower back pain can also occur from overexertion or too much exercise. Back pain associated with disc disease or spinal degeneration increases with age.
Pre-teen children have a low incidence of lowBack pain unrelated to injury or other known cause. A backpack overloaded with schoolbooks and supplies back and can cause muscle fatigue pre-teen children's self-incrimination. It is estimated that treated more than 13,260 violations of backpacks agents at doctors' offices, clinics and emergency rooms each year.
Children and pre-teens can avoid back strain by:
• Bend both knees when lifting heavy packs
• facilitate visit their locker or desk between classes toExpense to replace or pounds
• Purchase a backpack or airline tote on wheels
Diseases and health problems, low back pain are linked:
• Pralle-disc (or protruding, herniated disk or torn disc). Studies show that most herniated discs occur in the lower part of the lumbar spine.
• Cauda equine syndrome: A serious complication of a ruptured disc. Cause permanent neurological damage if not treated.
• Sciatica: A herniated diskor torn disc presses on the sciatic nerve and causes shock-like or burning pain in my lower back pain through the buttocks and down one leg below the knee, sometimes to toe. In severe cases, and if the nerves between the disc and an adjacent bone wedged symptoms are numbness and pain, but a loss of motor control over the leg. This condition can be caused by a tumor, cyst, metastatic disease or degeneration of the sciatic nerveRoot.
• Spinal degeneration: From CD wear and tear can lead to a narrowing of the spinal canal. The symptoms may be stiffness in the back upon awakening or pain after walking or standing for a long time.
• Spinal stenosis: is connected to a congenital narrowing of the bony canal and might make some people who have moved into the pain disc disease.
• Osteoporosis: A bone disease through the progressive decrease in bone density and strength detected.Cause breakage of brittle, porous bones in the spine and hips can. Women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis. Caucasian women of northern European heritage are at highest risk.
• Skeletal irregularities: Produce strain on the spine and supporting muscles, tendons, ligaments and tissues of the spine supported. Irregularities include scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis.
• Fibromyalgia: Chronic illness characterized by widespreadMusculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points in neck, back, shoulders and hips. Other possible symptoms include sleep disturbances, morning stiffness and anxiety.
• Spondylitis: Chronic back pain and stiffness by a severe infection or inflammation of the facet joints causes.
• sacroiliitis: inflammation in the sacroiliac joint
• osteomyelitis, an infection in the bones of the spine
Source: National Institute ofNeurological Disorders and Stroke
Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The information in this article is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. All health concerns should be treated by a qualified physician.
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