What causes lower back Pain?
Lower back pains can be extremely painful and be a constant spoilsport of everyday work and play. Best case scenario, they become chronic. In worst case scenario, it turns out to be some serious tissue or bone injury that would require medication or even surgery.
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The reasons why a person has lower back pain may vary from person to person. But here some of the most common causes of it:
- Osteoarthritis
Arthritis is an umbrella term for a lot of pains, inflammations, and stiffness that occur in our bodies. Osteoarthritis means it has happened in the bones. Rubbing of bones at the joints in the lower spine or pelvic girdle can cause a tremendous amount of pain. Excessive friction can dry up the juice between the facet joints and also cause bone spurs. There is no such lower back pain treatment for osteoarthritis. You just have to exercise, stay fit and put as less pressure on the lower back as possible.
- Muscle cramps and spasms
Spasms can happen for a lot of reasons – a previous injury, excessive stress, a repercussion of some other bodily disorder. They can get really bad when the spasm attacks come. However, if it is something that can be fixed with exercise and therapy, you should go for it. Surgeries are not always the best treatment for lower back pain.
- Disk degeneration
There is small disks present within each of our vertebrae to cushion the bone and also to prevent them from rubbing against each other. When these disks get damaged or somehow slip out from between the segment, it hurts the nerves of the lower back and causes pain to shoot down the legs as well.
- Obesity
Obesity does not sound like something that would specifically harm your lower back, but it does. Excessive weight in the torso region puts immense pressure on down the waist. Also, obesity makes the muscles around your lower back lose, and they fail to provide support to your lumbar spine. Not only lower back, but overweight can also harm your pelvic bones and kneecaps as well.
- Wrong body posture
Most works require sitting long hours at the desk. Any fit person would also get back pain from that. We often sit and work or walk in hunched, tilted or other postures that really put pressure on the lower back region and make the muscles there stiff.
Remember to keep your posture right and treat your back pain before it gets worse.
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