LOW BACK PAIN
LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain, alternatively known as low backache, lumbago, slipped disc, or sciatica, is a universal medical problem. It affects 80 percent of individuals. Low back pain, together with the common cold and headache, is among the most universal medical complaints. Low back pain is a legacy evolved from the horizontal spine posture of quadrupeds to the upright posture of bipeds. In animals that walk on all fours, the spine is almost horizontal. Hence unlike the human spine it is not subject to compressible forces. Low back pain is more common in modern society with its sedentary life style being a contributory factor.
Low back pain is one of the most expensive benign medical complaints responsible for productivity loss and work absenteeism. However, unlike heart attack or cancer, it is not fatal. This perhaps explains why these disease merit greater attention medically. Also, there is a lot of disagreement about the causes and treatments for low back pain. It is unlike other medical problems where the causes and treat ent are well defined. Perhaps, Indians have a greater culturally imposed pain tolerance that makes people ignore an occasional low back pain, resorting to professional help only as a last resort.
In the last 80 years, a better understanding of the bio-mechanics of the human spine, accurate diagnostic techniques, and greater understanding of the causative factors of low back pain have led to tremendous developments in the scientific treatment and managing low back pain.
How and What ? - Low Back Pain
Low back pain strikes eight out of ten adults at some point in their lives. It affects men and women alike, and cuts across barriers of age, size, and ethnic groups. It is more common among 2- to 50 -year-old. Although both sexes are equally susceptible, low back pain in women lasts longer and results from several factors like work, health, and fashion related issues. In men, low back pain often results from injury.
The factors which place women at a higher risk are:
1. Work-related factors : Repetitive and stressful tasks involving twisting, pulling and pushing movements and those that involve sitting and standing for long periods (sales persons, production line workers, telephone or keyboard operators and bank tellers).
2. Home-related factors: Domestic chores that involves lifting heavy loads, bending, twisting, pushing and pulling.
3. Health and fashion factors: The health factors are pregnancy, child care, menstrual periods, menopause and osteoporosis. Use of high-heeled footwear, tight clothes that restrict movement and breat implants contribute to the fashion-related causes.
Low back pain, alternatively known as low backache, lumbago, slipped disc, or sciatica, is a universal medical problem. It affects 80 percent of individuals. Low back pain, together with the common cold and headache, is among the most universal medical complaints. Low back pain is a legacy evolved from the horizontal spine posture of quadrupeds to the upright posture of bipeds. In animals that walk on all fours, the spine is almost horizontal. Hence unlike the human spine it is not subject to compressible forces. Low back pain is more common in modern society with its sedentary life style being a contributory factor.
Low back pain is one of the most expensive benign medical complaints responsible for productivity loss and work absenteeism. However, unlike heart attack or cancer, it is not fatal. This perhaps explains why these disease merit greater attention medically. Also, there is a lot of disagreement about the causes and treatments for low back pain. It is unlike other medical problems where the causes and treat ent are well defined. Perhaps, Indians have a greater culturally imposed pain tolerance that makes people ignore an occasional low back pain, resorting to professional help only as a last resort.
In the last 80 years, a better understanding of the bio-mechanics of the human spine, accurate diagnostic techniques, and greater understanding of the causative factors of low back pain have led to tremendous developments in the scientific treatment and managing low back pain.
How and What ? - Low Back Pain
Low back pain strikes eight out of ten adults at some point in their lives. It affects men and women alike, and cuts across barriers of age, size, and ethnic groups. It is more common among 2- to 50 -year-old. Although both sexes are equally susceptible, low back pain in women lasts longer and results from several factors like work, health, and fashion related issues. In men, low back pain often results from injury.
The factors which place women at a higher risk are:
1. Work-related factors : Repetitive and stressful tasks involving twisting, pulling and pushing movements and those that involve sitting and standing for long periods (sales persons, production line workers, telephone or keyboard operators and bank tellers).
2. Home-related factors: Domestic chores that involves lifting heavy loads, bending, twisting, pushing and pulling.
3. Health and fashion factors: The health factors are pregnancy, child care, menstrual periods, menopause and osteoporosis. Use of high-heeled footwear, tight clothes that restrict movement and breat implants contribute to the fashion-related causes.
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