Back
pain is one of the most common ailments of mankind. Ever since human
beings stood upright they have been having trouble with their backs. In
fact, experts estimate that roughly 80 percent of people will experience
back pain at some point in their lives, and slightly more men suffer from
it than women.
Causes:
Acute Backache
- Back strain due to lifting of a heavy object, a fall, a violent jerk (as
in case of a sudden car brake)
- Injury, road accident, fall of a heavy object, fracture of the spine,
dislocation of a vertebral disk.
Chronic Bachache
Spondylosis: A vertebra slips forward on the lower one, usually
just above the hipbone.
Slipped Disk: These disks act as cushions between two vertebral
bones, the reason may be an injury to the spine which is forgetten,
degeneration of the disk due to old age or other reasons.
Posture:Wrong Posture is the front runner as a cause of chronic
back pain. (long hours sitting on chairs in the wrong posture eg- as you
may be sitting watching this screen, watching TV slumped in the couch)
Undetermined Cause: A whole variety of conditions called as
lumbago, in which sprains in the muscles of the back is held to
responsible.
Gynae Problems: Chronic Infection, Pregnancy
|
