Understanding Lower Back Pain
Holistic Health Articles, By Symptoms

In this modern world, it is very common people will have some encounter with low back pain / backache at some point in life, with varying degree of pain from discomfort to an absolute nightmare. Low back pain affects mainly the middle aged and young adults regardless of gender. People who sit down on the chair for most of their working hours without exercise as well as those who carry heavy loads regularly are prone to get low back pain.

The low back pain is normally felt in lumbar and sacral region and may impact other nearby area in your lower back. Backache can be caused by various reasons, from simple one like muscular strain, diseases in the back, gynaecological problems or due to problems in other parts of the body.

For backache due to muscle strain, it is normally caused by lactic acid and pyruvic acid build up which are byproducts for every muscle contraction. When these acidic byproducts accumulate in muscles, they may cause irritation that can eventually result to pain.

Lower back pain may be attributed to diseases in the back. This can be caused by:

  1. Injuries such as compression fracture of the vertebral column or rupture of inter-vertebral discs,

  2. Functional backache due to imbalance during pregnancy, potbelly or short leg in one side,

  3. Inflammatory conditions, such as bacterial bone infection, arthritis or inflammation of the muscles,

  4. Degenerative diseases in the back: osteoarthritis or osteoporosis in old people, or

  5. Tumor in the spine

Backache due to gynaecological problems can form after childbirth or the presence of pelvic inflammatory diseases. Many young parents of newborn child complain of low back pain.

Problems in other parts of the body may also contribute to lower back pain: renal stones, ureteric stone, pancreatitis or even cancer of prostate.

In order to initiate treatment to a case of backache, thorough investigation of the real cause of the pain must be performed first. This may include complete blood count, urine examination, ultrasonography / X-ray / MRI or CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. Once the main cause of the low back pain is determined then appropriate remedy can be administered.

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Natural Remedy for Back Pain: 

Native Remedies’ Joint Ease.
Use JointEase Plus:

  • As a natural alternative to prescription anti-inflammatory drugs
  • For relief from painful joint conditions, neck pain or lower back ache

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