Wednesday, January 30, 2008

These are Some of the Ways of Treating Low Back Pain

Low Back Pain can very very painful. In fact, your life can be painful with the irritating low back pain. You will rush to doctor to find out the solution. But you must be aware that this problem has solution which will improve the situation in long term. There is no magical medication for the lower back pain.

You will get option of treatments with the expert's advice but the more help can be done yourself. The treatment includes the heat and ice application, anti inflammatory drugs, exercises to strengthen the muscles around spine and lower back.

Apart from the conservative treatments there are other methods like muscles relaxants, massage therapy, physical therapy, acupuncture, and chiropractic and pain killers.
Low back pain is often accompanied with hip pain. This situation is more difficult because daily movement is also impossible.

Sometimes Low back pain is result of kidney infection. Actually the pain is from kidney but it is always misunderstood as back pain. Doctors can perform some tests to find out the exact cause of low back pain. If it is due to the kidney infection it will go down as soon as infection is healed.

Low back pain in pregnancy is common. Due to increasing body weight there is strain on spine. The hormonal changes make the muscles flexible for baby's out. This causes pressure on spine that results in back pain.

Aging causes the low back pain with hip pain. Since this problem has no successful solution, it is very painful to perform routine activities with growing age. The diseases like arthritis and Osteoporosis also cause low back pain.

Low back pain can be treated in many ways. Doctors must need to decide the cause of low back pain. In different situations treatment will be different. For low back pain in pregnancy the simple exercises are recommended while low back pain with kidney infection are sorted out once the infection is reduced or kidney stone is passed.

Low back pain with hip pain is treated in different way. It makes the pain bearable for the patient though there is no ultimate solution.

Whatever the treatment is given to the patient, he needs to face the pain for sometime as it will not be reduced immediately. Simple exercises instead of lying down in a bed will help more. Some of the simple exercises are Pelvic tilt, Knees to chest, cat stretch, camel stretch, hamstring stretch.

Some sports like swimming, walking, are also good for making the muscles strong enough. If obesity is the reason for low back pain then the weight loss is the solution. Then weight loss over long term period is profitable in such cases.

Pain can be classified from 1 to 10 scales. Normally 1 scale pain is not noticed. When people go to doctors they usually face the pain with 7, 8 or 9 scale. Such pain is with swelling in particular part. The treatment recommended depends upon the intensity and scale of pain.

However, when you are recovered from the low back pain, always continue the exercise routine to avoid the recurrence of the same problem in future.


Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and Reporting on Back Pain for Years. For More Information on Low Back Pain, Visit His Site at LOW BACK PAIN





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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is this true? Back pains might be kidney infection?! This is very alarming to me because, I have a low back pain for almost 3 weeks from now. Hmmm... Thanks for the post. I think I should see a doctor now.

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