The ability to move on two legs, obtained by man as a result of evolution, in addition to a certain benefit, led to specific diseases. Helping to maintain an upright position, the lumbar spine experiences maximum stress. With excessive loads, injuries or other factors, lower back pain occurs.
Lower pain can be conditionally divided into stabbing, aching, dull, acute and so on. It can be localized at one point or spread to the entire lower back, give to the leg or other part of the body. The reverse 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 its sensation is also individual: from mild irritation to unbearable pain, when it is impossible to bend, stand up, 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 occurs primarily in degenerativedystrophic changes in the spine as a whole, intervertebral discs, individual vertebrae, muscles or ligaments that support the spinal column, for example, with osteochondrosis.
Secondary low back pain is associated with spinal injuries, infections, neoplastic diseases, diseases of internal organs, poor posture,
malnutrition. In any case, the appearance of lower back pain signals some kind of destructive process in the body and should not be left unattended. The most common cause, starting in early childhood, is the presence of scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis. Lower back pain in women occurs more often during pregnancy or during inflammatory processes in the small pelvis (endometriosis, inflammation of the ovaries, uterine fibroids), in men more often with chronic prostatitis, inflammation of the kidneys.
In addition to the above reasons, lower back pain can appear with excess weight, a sedentary lifestyle (for people who are constantly driving a car or a computer), when doing a certain sport (weight lifting), if you have to work a lot in a static position (salespeople, waiters, office workers), with age (the likelihood of developing osteoporosis increases), during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth (such pain is associated with increased stress on the spinal column, sprains, metabolic disorders as a result of hormonal changes in the body).
Whatever the cause of pain inlower back, do not self-medicate. Self-exercise to straighten the spine or rubbing with warming ointments can be harmful and aggravate the situation. In order to understand how to relieve back pain, as well as for adequate and effective treatment, you should contact a qualified specialist for a diagnosis. Before visiting a doctor, it is permissible to take an anesthetic drug in order to relieve pain.
