Causes and risk factors.
Back pain is a common complaint. Discomfort may arise due to injury or illness.
Pain can be both mild and severe. In some clinical cases, back pain significantly reduces the patient's quality of life, for example, a person has difficulty walking, sleeping, performing daily activities. As a rule, the symptom is alleviated with the help of rest, painkillers and physical therapy, although sometimes a back injury or pathology requires surgical intervention.
Risk factors are:
- Age. People over 30 often complain of back pain;
- Weight. Obesity, excess weight is a serious challenge for the spine;
- Inactive lifestyle, large amount of alcohol, frequent use of tobacco;
- Weakened muscle;
- You often have to lift a heavy object or bend forward;
- Structural problems;
- Family history of osteoarthritis, cancer and other diseases;
- Depression and anxiety.
You may complain of lower back pain for the following reasons:
- Back strain;
- Fracture;
- Disk problem;
- Spinal stenosis;
- Arthritis;
- Spinal tumor, infection;
- Kidney stones;
- Aortic aneurysm;
- Spondylolisthesis.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/7936-lower-back-pain
