"Lower Back Pain Information"

Lower back pain will cause pain and discomfort to millions of Americans in this year alone. For some of them the pain will be unbearable. Back pain is caused by huge number conditions or injuries and because of that it is very hard to make proper diagnosis of the problem.

In some cases back pain is accompanied by symptoms like strong abdominal pain, fever, chills, or bowel and bladder problems. If that is the case it could be a sign of a grave medical problem and you should visit your doctor immediately for proper diagnosis.

Pain of the lower back is divided in three categories. Each is based on a way in which pain spreads through the body.

Three lower back pain categories are:

1. Axial – know also as simple or mechanical back pain. This is the most common of the three, it is limited only to the lower back area and does not spread to the rest of the body. It has many causes like disc degeneration or back muscles damage, damaged tendons or ligaments.

Axial lower back pain is usually treated with physical therapy, specific exercise, rest, both cold and hot compresses, ointments and pain medications. However if pain is to strong or will not go away you must visit your doctor for further consultations.

2. Radicular – popularly known as sciatica. It is caused by a pressure on the lower spinal nerves. Pain often times spreads as far as legs and thighs. Because sciatic nerve spreads all the way to the calf including thighs, it is gravely affected by this pressure. It often causes stronger leg then back pain.

The causes for this can be herniated disc that is pressuring the nerve, narrowing of the nerve passage, nerve injury or in some cases diabetes.

Sciatica is usually treated with medication and physical therapy for up to eight weeks. If the pain does not subside by then it can be relieved by surgical procedure.

3. Referred lower pack pain – Often spreads to the other parts of the human body and is often caused by disc degeneration, back muscles damage, damage done to the tendons or ligaments just like with Axial pain.

Treatment is also very similar and you should make careful distinction between these two and the Referred lower back pain because in that case pain travels in a very exact ways through some nerves.

In most cases lower back pain can be relieved by a combination of physical therapy, medication, rest and usual hot/cold packs. But if it is persistent and very strong pain a more serious treatments like surgery might be advised by a doctor.

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