18 January

Common Causes of Lower Back Pain

In order to find the specific causes of back pain it is quite important to know the location as well as category of pain you feel. In some people the lower back pain may be on the left side while in others it can be on the right side.

Here we are discussing some causes that may assist you to fully grasp the type of your pain clearly.

Information about Lower Back Pain
If you experience ache on just one side of the body then it is simply muscular strain.  As the names the muscular so this pain is actually located in the muscles and causes stiffness, ache and soreness. Muscle strain is actually the result of overstretching and overworking. The pain can take place in several manners in a whole day like it can be lifting anything or twisting to the side.

It takes few days to heal muscular strain. Within the first 24 hours of the muscular strain it is best to apply ice on it for 15-20 minutes to reduce the level of pain. If the inflammation on the muscle is gone then use heating pads for loosing it up.

Those who have chronic pain of muscle may be suffering from overuse injury on one side of the lower back. Individuals whose muscles usage is constant mostly suffer from lower back pain. For example, if your work requires you to sit for long hours and you sit in such a way that either of your side is turned to one side then this can cause strain on that side of your lower back.

One must bring behavioral change in order to get rid of the problem of overuse injury. The first thing is to bring change in the layout of the workplace. Usually trigger points develop in the chronic muscle strain sufferers which are actually dense knots that do not let the relaxation of muscles. This problem can be dealt with a therapy of massage or self-myofascial release (SMR) on these points.

Sacroiliac or SI Joint Pain
The formation of the sacroiliac joint takes place on the point where the big bones of hip fits the sacrum in the lower back on both the sides. Sometimes too much movement and sometimes less movement as well as misalignment can cause problem to the functioning of SI joint. The inflammation takes place which further causes problem to the sciatic nerve which goes down the leg. Some of the causes of SI joint include muscular imbalance, the impact of pregnancy as well as leg length discrepancy.

Now you can understand that the main source of pain is the SI joint which gets inflamed if there is difficulty in function and if you touch it then you feel sharp or itchy pain too. It may radiate into the lower back then to buttocks, hips as well as thighs. If you notice such symptoms then immediately set an appointment for the testing of SI joint dysfunction. You can take assistance of physical therapy to deal with it.

Sciatica Pain
The longest nerve sciatic starts from the lower back to the foot on both the sides of the body. Some main causes of sciatic pain includes irritation or compression of this nerve due to tight piriformis muscle in the hip region, herniated disc,  misalignment of the vertebra as well as SI joint inflammation.

In case of “True” sciatica a sharp pain that starts from the lower side of the back into the buttocks then to legs, and in some cases it can reach to foot. Treatment options to deal with sciatica include services of chiropractor, physical therapist as well as treatments of spinal decompression. Now you can easily distinguish different types of pain and treat it accordingly. Do not forget to get it diagnosed from a good doctor.

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