Why You Have Back Pain

If you have back pain it is better to know what type of pain it is before your start the treatment. Back pain may be scaled from 1 to 10. Scale 1 pain may not be noticed. When a person is facing continuous pain and goes to doctor he may be facing pain ranging from 7, 8 or 9 scale. It is not bearable.

We must understand the anatomy of this important part of body because if it is not well it can disturb your life. Spine is the support of our body. It contains the series of vertebrae lined on each other. These vertebrae are connected with each by the discs surrounding them. Spine is very important because it contains the major nerves which are connected to brain. The upper vertebrae are joined to rib on right side of back. Back pain may be result of problems related to joints, ligaments and muscles straining.

Back pain can be chronic or it may be felt some time while performing a particular activity. A person will describe the pain as deep and aching. This pain may be experienced in the area below the neck and above the hip bone.

Back pain may be lower back pain, upper back pain, disc back pain, rib back pain. Pregnant woman face back pain in pregnancy period. Mostly adult person are having more risk of facing back pain after age of 45 years.

With the improvement in medical science and technological improvement diagnosis of particular back pain is possible. Normally x rays, MRI, CT scans are used to find out the causes of back pain. Sometimes the bone scan is also done.

However the treatment may be traditional as there is no 100% solution to the problem of back pain. That is why it is very individual treatment. Many factors are influencing the treatment including the medical history of patient and his family history.

Treatments may be combined with the alternative therapies like acupuncture, massage therapy, physical therapy. Pain killers are used for immediate relief to the patient. Anti inflammatory drugs are used to avoid inflammation.

The preventive measures are more important rather than curative measures. Back pain is the result of poor posture or wrong lifting habits and lack or exercise. Every person must understand that the doctors are giving direction for treatment but he is the only one who helps himself. Therefore the regular exercise routine with the specific back exercises should be followed religiously.

Back pain has to be given immediate attention because it is related to many organs like kidney, hip bone, and chest, rib etc. the early diagnosis makes it easier to face the pain. The treatment is normally a long term one. Back pain is irritating and you could not perform your simple daily activities.