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Lower Back Pain |
 Causes: |
| There are many
causes for lower back pain and this article
will explore a few primary causes: |
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Bruising of the muscle or
ligament. This is a very commonly seen cause
of lower back pain. Patients mainly complain
about being unable to bend over, stiffness,
and tight muscles in the lower back. After
sitting, resting or lying down horizontally
the pain does not reduce but instead
intensifies. |
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Intervertebral disc
changes due to disease. Herniated discs put
pressure on nearby nerves and account for
lower back and lower extremity pain
depending on the division of the nerves
these problem areas suffer from soreness,
numbness and weakness. Heavy coughing from
the abdomen to expel mucus will intensify
the ache. Some sciatic nerve diseases are
because of problems with the vertebrae
discs. |
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External injuries include:
tripping and falling, slips, exercise
injuries, and work related injuries. The
majority of work related injuries are
avoidable. When dealing with heavy lifting
it is important to pay attention to posture
and effort, thus possible lower back injury
situations can be reduced. Since there are
various ways lower back injuries can occur
the following are accounted percentages:
(1)Lifting heavy objects: 37%~49%,
(2)pushing heavy objects 6%~9%, (3)pulling
heavy objects9%~16%, (4)carrying heavy
objects5%~8%, (5)twisting 9%~18%, (6)bending
over too quickly12%~14%, and (7)slips and
falls 7% |
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Changes due to vertebrae
degeneration include: arthritis, bone
fractures and osteoporosis, particularly in
patients age 65 and up. |
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Vertebrae infections and
peripheral spinal inflammation can cause
either a shift in the spine or spinal
tumors. |
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6. Abdominal organ
diseases include: kidney disease, cardiac
tumors, ovaries, and the womb can all have
the possibility of causing lower back pain
and if not properly diagnosed will delay
medical treatment, which can lead to an
infinite number of other problems. |
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Symptoms: |
| Lower back pain can cause
pain, numbness and tightness in the lower
back muscles and sometimes there is pain
from the sciatic nerves. This can affect the
legs from the thighs to the toes which can
affect walking and such, when multiple
nerves are severely affected this can lead
to loss of bowel and bladder control.
Lower back pain can be very serious and
occur gradually or very suddenly over long
durations of time, specific times, or due to
some positions; it is possible to be limited
to a single area or it can shift to other
areas of the back, for example, numbness,
stabbing pains or severe pains in the legs
and buttocks. Coughing, sneezing and
rotating the body can intensify the pain,
stiffness, numbness and weakness,
particularly numbness in the groin and
rectal areas, loss of bowel and bladder
control or weakness in one or both legs. |
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DITI
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Normal Condition |
Abnormal Condition |
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Interpretation
Method: |
| The image to the left
shows the temperature of a healthy back so
the average temperature of a healthy
individual can be clearly be observed. The
reason the temperature towards the middle is
slightly higher is because in normal
conditions the spinal column’s original
temperature is higher on both sides. The
image on the right shows the poor
circulation in the patient’s back which can
easily result in blood settling in the lower
back and putting a slight pressure on the
lower back that accounts for the higher
temperature; this system can immediately
measure the body’s temperature and the
seriousness of the condition. |
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