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The Truth About Lower Back Pain

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Lower back pain is expected to inflict four out of every 5 adults in their lifetime. Your lower back plays a part in most of the movements you make, and is often aggravated by your daily routines. In some cases lower back pain can disappear on its own in a few days. Other times lower back pain can persist for a long period of time without medical attention.
Lower back pain may also be experienced in different ways. Some may experience a sharp, debilitating pain that causes severe pain. Others may experience nothing more than a dull muscle ache. Yet no matter what type of pain you experience, lower back pain can easily be a considerable problem when it comes to managing your daily activities.


Causes of Lower Back Pain

The specific bones or spinal groups that cause lower back pain can often be difficult to locate. However, the actions and activities that may lead to that back pain are far more obvious. Some of the main causes of lower back pain include:
  • Strained muscles
  • Strained joints/ligaments
  • Muscle spasms
Most of these are due to some type of lifting or movement errors, such as lifting heavy boxes incorrectly, jerky movements, strained muscles from exercise and so on. They may also build up over time from heavy exertion. Lower back pain may also be caused by something as simple as slouching too regularly. You may also have more a more serious structural abnormality as well, which may be caused by:
  • Arthritis
  • Spinal irregularities
  • Bulging, ruptured, or herniated discs
  • Osteoporosis
  • Obesity
  • Sciatica

Finally, there are also some rarer causes of lower back pain, such as spinal cancer or a neurological problem, but these are extremely rare. Lower back pain is almost exclusively caused by strained muscles and ligaments due to excessive exertion.

Symptoms of Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain symptoms may differ depending on not only the type of lower back pain, but also how the pain translates in your particular body. There are even cases where significant damage in one’s lower back causes no symptoms at all. However, most people that have persistent lower back pain experience some or all of the following symptoms:
  • Sharp, possibly shooting pain
  • Dull, aching muscle pain
  • Pain in the legs
  • Limited range of motion
  • Difficulty standing
Even mild lower back pain can impact your movements in your daily life, and may even be exacerbated if you try too hard to compensate for the pain by lifting or moving incorrectly. Lower back pain is a serious medical condition that affects almost everyone at some point in their life.

Lower Back Pain Prevention Methods

Quit SmokingMost individuals will experience some type of lower back pain during the course of their life. Yet the severity, seriousness, and even the chance of experiencing pain itself can all be reduced if you practice safe lower back pain prevention methods.

How to Prevent Lower Back Pain
  • Lift Correctly:Emotional and psychological stress is also known to increase lower back pain, so avoiding stress in your life – at home or at work – is another important part of lower back pain prevention. Your body can only handle lifting a certain amount of weight. Lift heavy weights using your knees, not your back, and try to limit over-exerting yourself by lifting only the weight you know your body can easily handle.
  • Don't Smoke: Smoking has been linked to an increase in lower back pain among otherwise healthy adults. Try to limit or quit smoking to reduce your risk of experiencing lower back pain.
  • Exercise: Exercise may be one of your most important tools for preventing lower back pain. Exercise can help you build stronger muscles in your lower back, which may reduce the risk of strain, and full body exercises will help your posture and reduce some of the pressure on your ligaments. Exercise is also important to reduce obesity, as extra body weight is known to strain your lower back muscles.
  • Eat Healthy: Maintain Good Posture: Good posture is a vitally important prevention method for this type of pain. Slouching for extended periods of time can put a great deal of strain on your lower back muscles and ligaments. More than simply managing your weight, healthy eating that includes calcium, magnesium, and other bone density vitamins is important for reducing the risk of osteoporosis and other bone-related pain and pressure.
  • Sleep Differently: The way you sleep may cause pressure to your muscles and ligaments. Your back should either be flat against the bed, or – if you sleep sideways – you may want to put a pillow between your knees to reduce twisting in your spine. The way you sleep may cause pressure to your muscles and ligaments. Your back should either be flat against the bed, or – if you sleep sideways – you may want to put a pillow between your knees to reduce twisting in your spine.

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