Causes of Lower Back Pain

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Causes of Lower Back Pain

Often more than just an "ouch", lower back pain cripples and plagues thousands of people each year. Chronic or acute, this pain originates in the lumbar spine and sometimes travels down the leg. Debilitating at its worst, it has the potential to bring your life to a grinding, painful halt for a few days or a few months. Understanding its causes may help you prevent the next episode, or at the very least, find resources to deal with it.

Pregnancy: Delighted to see the positive sign on your pregnancy test, you begin your 9-month journey to your little bundle of joy. Suddenly, you feel the stabbing pain in your lower back and cringe. Pregnancy hormones are acting upon your pelvic muscles and ligaments in preparation for the growing baby.

Muscle strain: If your work involves lifting heavy objects, or you regularly perform exercises that impose stress on the lumbar region, or your day involves sitting for extended periods at a desk, you are at risk.

Herniated spinal disc and sciatica: A bulging or slipped disc in the lumbar region of your spine is sometimes the culprit of back pain. A disc can also degenerate and become inflamed. The most excruciating pain, however, from a ruptured disc occurs when it bulges out and upon the sciatic nerve, leading to a pinched nerve, carrying the shooting pain down the leg.

Narrowing of area surrounding the spinal cord, i njury to the lower spine, and o besity are also common causes.

Maintaining an active, balanced lifestyle, good posture and normal weight go a long way in helping you stay away from howling with lower back pain. .

   

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