Back Pain Symptoms

Recognize The Symptoms And Stop The Pain

By Jarrett Kruse

Common symptoms of back pain include sharp pan in affected areas, muscle aches, pain with particular motion, and radiating pain. Radiating pain or referred is perhaps the most misidentified of the back pain symptoms and frequently mistaken for something other than back pain. A neck injury may cause radiating pain down the arm rather than neck or upper back pain, you may experience. Similarly, a lower back in jury may cause pain down the leg instead of lower back pain. Middle back pain may radiate around the torso or abdomen. Sometime back pain is a symptom of another ailment as well, particularly if logical methods for back pain reduction fail. There can be a can be a connection between back pain and cancer—not only of the spine or back region, but also of the lung or kidney.

Here are a few basic clues to different kinds of back pain. Of course your preferred medical professional should be involved with any decision dealing with diagnosis and treatment to alleviate the pain.

Numbness, tingling, or loss of control in your arms or legs may signal damage to the spinal cord.
Pain that extends down the back of your leg, your shin, or big toe may be sciatica—an inflammation of the sciatic nerve.
Radiating pain down the arm can mean a herniated disc in the neck. Pain down the hip or leg can mean herniated discs in the lumbar region
Back pain that is accompanied by fever may signal infection, such as a urinary tract infection.
Neck or back that is accompanied by numbness, that increases with pressure, that does not diminish with rest, or is accompanied by nausea, fever, or loss of appetite can signal a spinal tumor.
Shoulder or back pain that worsens with deep breathing can be a sign of lung cancer.
Sharp lower back pain on one side, not cause by injury, can signal kidney cancer