Common causes
An unusual activity: Placing patio slabs, shoveling at the first snow, doing a rigorous sport not done for a long time.
Poor posture: Sitting, standing, lifting too heavy a load
Occupational back pain: Some work requires more effort on the column (electrician, truck driver)
Obesity: The protruding abdomen puts enormous pressure on the back
Muscle stretching: 80% of back pain is muscle stretching.
Lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse: After muscle and ligament stretching, disc prolapse is the most common cause of low back pain.
Facet joint arthritis: Old age, repeated bending and twisting activities lead to facet joint arthritis.
Spinal stenosis: With aging the spine can be compromised
Uncommon causes
- Congenital causes (4 ‘S’)
- Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spina bifida
- Spondylolysis Infectious conditions
- Osteomyelitis
- Tuberculosis
- Brucellosis, etc. Traumatic causes
- Vertebral body injuries, posterior arch fractures
- Muscle sprain/strain
- Prolapsed disc Inflammatory causes
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis and other ASDs
- Neoplasm Benin: osteoid osteoma
- Malignant—secondary, multiple, etc. myeloma.
- Metabolic causes Osteoporosis
- Osteomalacia Degenerative conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Lumbar spondylosis Referred pain from
- Gynecological diseases Genito-urinary diseases
- Gastrointestinal disorders, etc.
