Diseases and conditions leading to Low Back Pain

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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3 conditions, the neck pain, back pain and sciatica and its treatment

There are many causes of neck pain, back pain, sciatica and nerve pain or sciatica in adults and children. We discussed back strains and sprains in a previous article and are now discussing other serious illnesses and their symptoms. The conditions are herniated disc intervertebral disc (IVD), cervical radiculopathy and spondylolithesis, sometimes with spondylolysis. The spine itself is made from 33 bones as vertebrae and extends from the skull to the pelvis. The neck orCervical vertebrae are formed Seven bones articulate with the atlas (come into contact) with the skull, vertebrae span the region from the seventh cervical vertebra of the lumbar vertebrae are the first of five large, in rare cases together six sturdy vertebrae at the base of the spine. The sacrum, which sits often referred to as the tailbone at the base of the spine, together with the coccyx (the tailbone true), and is also part of the basin, bringing togetherthe two halves of the sacroiliac joints. We are the division of SIG and the associated symptoms in a later article. Between each two vertebrae, there is a disc and disc, or IVD, which consists of cartilage and a jelly-like center, not unlike a jelly donut. The IVD is used not only as a shock absorber for the spine, but the whole body. If something happens to this support system, this shock absorber, neck pain, back pain, sciatica, and evenNerve pain, sciatica, usually takes place.

As already mentioned, and in a previous article, there are many causes of neck pain, back pain and sciatica. We have been experiencing back pain and sciatica as a result of the tensions and treat back sprains, we are now dealing with the symptoms of herniated discs (IVD), cervical radiculopathy, and spondylolisthesis. The region of the spine due to trauma and / or herniated discs affected is usually dictate what kind of symptoms, the neck and back pain sufferer. Experience If the cause of the pain is centered in the neck area, we often experience what is commonly referred to as "pain in the neck" means. Cervical pain may also affect the shoulder and arm, into his own hands, with pain, tingling and numbness. The BWS symptoms are usually difficult to grasp are. Symptoms in this area can be used as a stiffness, chest pain, back pain radiating laterally be expressed and / or even the feeling that you're back has broken ". InLumbar region, usually the most affected by disc herniation and spondylolisthesis (L5 most of all), then back pain can either be localized in the lower back, often above the iliac crest or hip bright, or it can be in pain over the buttocks Express radiates to one or both legs. Generally this is) on the nerve roots pressure for a variety of reasons, which ruptured discs, bulging discs, stenosis include (constriction of the nerve canals, and is referred to as sciatic nerve painor sciatica.

In the cervical spine, cervical radiculopathy is one of the main causes of neck pain. The condition can be caused by anything from a broken pane of the normal degenerative changes in the discs, as we age. Age-progressive deterioration is a consequence of aging, discussed particularly in relation to the secondary curvature of the spine, the cervical and lumbar spine (in a previous article). Once again, the primary symptom is pain that radiates from the neck to theShoulders and arms, also affect the breast in some people. It is not uncommon to deafness and even a tingling in the hands and fingers, something like your hand fall asleep. Treatments for cervical radiculopathy can be anti-inflammatory drugs (eg ibuprofen), corticosteroid injections, ice and physical therapy. Since the cervical spine is so important, not only in relation to the movement, but also for regulating basic body functions, it is important to see froma doctor if the pain was still more than 24 to 48 hours. The only way to diagnose this condition is determined by X-ray, MRI and / or computed tomography. Delaying medical treatment it can lead to serious and permanent damage.

Spondylolysis can be caused by many things and usually affects the lumbar spine. The vortices are most exposed L4 and L5, at the base of the spine, but also other regions of the spine may also be affected. Some of the clauses for spondylolisthesis are trauma,usually either a stress fracture or impact due to a sports injury in adolescents and sometimes adults. In addition, the vertebrae break as a result of infection or disease. Spondylolisthesis may coexist with a specific condition or spondylolysis, a defect predisposing to vertebral spondylolisthesis known. Spondylolysis is a congenital defect or abnormality causing a separation of the joint surfaces, the actual joint facets (surfaces) between the vertebrae causing theVertebral body to slip forward. This condition can lead to incredible back pain, sciatica, tingling, numbness, and even loss of function. Treatment for spondylolisthesis is a reduction in activity, especially contact sports and physical labor, artificial aids, such as brackets, as a rule, if all possible discouraged by atrophy and a further weakening of the core muscles, the exercise of the core muscle group, and even back surgery, known as OP-fusion, when all otherActions fail. As mentioned in a previous article, indicated a spinal fusion procedure is equivalent to opening Pandora's Box and should be avoided if possible!

Be used during surgery to the first reaction in severe neck pain, back pain, sciatica, and for many of cervical radiculopathy and spondylolisthesis patients, especially when it is exhausted expressed with spondylolysis, now more conservative treatment is generally given before surgery. A treatment program consisting of anti-inflammatoryMedication, ice compression braces, and exercises to strengthen the core muscles, especially the abdominals, obliques, spinal erectors, and some of the larger muscles that are either out or put in the lower back. It is extremely important to listen to your body to read the signs and act early if the pain lasts longer than 48 to 72 hours with no indication of relief. There are, as we have seen above, many causes of neck pain, back pain and sciatica. InChildren and young people back pain is usually an indication of a more serious problem, a doctor's supervision should be initiated immediately. In adults, there are a variety of conditions that can cause pain in this region to be expressed. A program as defined above, is the best first step in the treatment of symptoms of neck pain, back pain and sciatica, anti-inflammatories, ice, exercise, proper shoes, pillows and support for the feet (orthotics), and even alternative medicine (eg .Acupuncture), which we cover in a later article.