Lower Back Pain Causes

What’s Causing The Pain In Your Lower Back?

By Jarrett Kruse

Back pain, especially lower back pain, is an extremely common ailment, aggravated by how we spend most of our time. Spending a lot of time sitting at a desk or computer, getting inadequate exercise, and sudden strain are all causes of lower back pain. It’s important to give low back pain your immediate attention to get a proper diagnosis and avoid further injury. Symptoms of low back pain such as pain down the leg, pain with movement, or pain accompanied by other symptoms can indicate a variety of conditions, each calling for a low back pain treatment that may include different components depending on the underlying cause. Chiropractics, acupuncture, and medication can all ease lower back pain as well as upper back pain, but it’s important to treat not only the pain but the cause.

It’s important to take specific note of your symptoms when seeing your doctor, so you get the best diagnosis and treatment. Does the pain come with a particular activity? Is it worse with use or rest? Is it chronic or acute? Answers to these questions will help your healthcare professional pinpoint your diagnosis. Here are a few examples of symptoms of lower back pain along with related causes:

Sharp pain worsened by pressure can be a sign of a herniated disc, muscle strain, or a spinal tumor
Sciatica or pain that radiates down the leg can indicate problems with discs or vertebrae, muscles strain or spasm, spinal stenosis, a narrowing of parts of the spine, sciatica, or a spinal tumor
Nagging pain accompanied worsened by movement can mean osteoarthritis, herniated discs, osteoporosis, problems with spinal joints, or a number of other conditions