Back pain is everyone's problem

The man's ability to move on two legs, apart from a certain benefit, as a result of evolution, entailed specific diseases as well. Helping to keep the vertical position, the lumbar spine experiences maximum loads. When excessive loads, injuries or other factors occur, pain in the lower back.

Pain in the lower back can be divided into piercing, aching, dull, sharp and so on. It can be localized at one point or spread to the entire lower back, to give in the foot or other part of the body. The opposite situation is also possible, When the cause of the pain is, for example, in the abdominal cavity, and the person feels it in the lower back (the so-called projecting pain). The degree of sensation is also individual: from slight irritation, to unbearable pain, when it is impossible to bend, stand, lie down.

There are two categories of pain: primary and secondary. Primary is associated with morphological and / or functional disorders of the spine. This pain arises, first of all, with degenerative-dystrophic changes of the spine as a whole, intervertebral discs, separate vertebrae, muscles or ligaments supporting the spinal column, for example, with osteochondrosis.

Secondary back pain is associated with spine traumas, infections, neoplastic diseases, diseases of internal organs, violation of posture, Malnutrition. In any case, the appearance of pain in the waist signals some kind of destructive process in the body and should not be left without attention. The most common cause, from early childhood, is the presence of scoliosis, kyphosis or lordosis. Back pain in women occurs more often in pregnancy or in inflammatory processes in the small pelvis (endometriosis, inflammation of the ovaries, uterine myomas), in men more often with chronic prostatitis, inflammation of the kidneys.

In addition to the above reasons, low back pain can occur with excess weight, a sedentary lifestyle (in people who are constantly driving a car or a computer), when doing certain sports (lifting weights), if you have to work a lot in a static situation (sellers, waiters , Office workers), with age (the probability of osteoporosis increases), during pregnancy or soon after childbirth (such a pain is associated with increased stress on the spinal column, sprain, ligament, EU ETS as a result of hormonal changes in the body).

Whatever the cause of the pain in the lower back, do not self-medicate. Independent exercise with physical exercises for the purpose of spreading the spine or rubbing with warming ointments can harm and aggravate the situation. In order to understand how to relieve pain in the lower back, as well as for adequate and effective treatment, you should consult a qualified specialist for diagnosis. Before visiting a doctor, it is acceptable to take an anesthetic drug to relieve the pain syndrome.