Causes of Low Back Pain

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"Causes Of Low Back Pain
December 7, 2008 · Filed Under Back Pain Relief, Low Back Pain During Pregnancy, low back pain

Low Back Pain
Low back pain is the most common problem of men and women who are active in the work place.

So great tips on how to prevent it is a welcome piece of information.
It is one of the most common problem of active men and women.

Low back pain has several causes. It can be caused by a strain or sprain of your low back muscles and ligaments.

It can be caused by a postural situation like a sway back problem know as exaggerated lumbar lordosis, the convexity of the curve is towards the front part of the lumbar spine.


Developmental causes known as scoliosis can cause low back pain For people that are heavy lifters, low back pain can be caused by strain/sprain of the muscles and ligaments of the low back or it can be due to a herniated disc or discs.


For people above forty years old, degenerative changes of the spine (osteoarthritis) are common causes of back pain. Inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis which can affect all ages, can also cause low-back pain., associated with pain in multiple joints of the body.

Tumors , benign or malignant or metatastatic neoplasm that affect the vertebral bodies can also cause low back pain.There are more causes of low back pain which are beyond the scope of this article.

My discussion about the seven great tips on how to prevent low back pain is directed to
The non-structural causes of low back pain which are common in an active person’s life

Some structural causes of low back pain that I mentioned above can be prevented, but those that that has already produced structural changes in the vertebra and vertebral discs or muscles along the spinal column cannot usually be prevented.

Herniated Discs or ruptured discs can sometimes be prevented by proper lifting habits, unless these are cdaused by accidents. An accident is defined as a situation that cannot be foresee, and if foreseen, it cannot be prevented.

So I will confine my discussion to the prevention of low back pain due to common non-structural causes like, sprains, strains, sway-back and I will touch on prevention of herniated discs.

Here are the 7 great tips on how to prevent common causes of low back pain..

1.Correct your sway back (lordosis) situation. You can do this by pelvic tilts exercises and strengthening the abdominal muscles. Lie down on the firm bed with hips and knees bent, both feet on bed. Tilt your pelvis forwards so that your low back is flat on bed, hold this for 5 seconds then relax for 5 seconds and repeat 25 times. Then tilt your pelvis, then try to touch the top of your knees with both hands, hold for 5 seconds, relax, rest for r5 seconds and repeat for 25 times. Do these twice a day.

2. Correct weak abdominal muscles by exercises. Women who just gave birth to babies have weak abdominals, so they need the abdominal strengthening exercises. Shortly after delivery.

3. Avoid or correct overweight problems that promote protruding abdomen and weak abdominal muscles.

4.Proper Lifting Habits. Be sure that when you lift something heavy from the floor, you have to tilt your pelvis, tighten the abdominal muscles, keep the low back straight, bend your knees before lifting the weight. This practice of proper lifting habits can save you from herniated or ruptured discs.

5.Be sure to tilt your pelvis, tighten the abdominal muscles when you are standing or bending like in brushing your teeth.

6. Before pulling or pushing heavy stuff, you have to tilt your pelvis, tighten your abdominal muscles before you push or pull This can also save you from herniating or rupturing your discs in your low back.. .

7. General body conditioning and physical fitness and avoidance or correction of overweight problem are important in the prevention of common causes of low back pain."

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Paul