Back pain is pain that occurs in the area below the rib to above the femur bones. Back pain perceived may vary, ranging from the does not hurt, but long up to 12 weeks or more (chronic), or extreme pain that comes on suddenly (acute) for a few days or a few weeks and leave you unable to move.
Back pain can be caused by many things, one of them is problem in the muscles such as sprains or dislocation.
- Muscle sprain and strain
Sprains are the main cause of acute back pain. Overstretch of muscle or tendon can tear the ligaments (connective tissue of the joints). Sprains typically caused by a tendon (the tissue that attach muscles to bones) or torn muscles. Well, it can happen when you rotate the body, lifting with improper body position, or excessive stretching.
- The shape of the spine
Spinal deformities such as kyphosis or lordosis of the spine, which is a birth defect can also cause recurrent pain in young adult.
- Trauma
Ligaments, tendons, and muscle lesion can also be caused by an injury when exercising, car accident, or a fall from a certain height.
- Other causes
In addition to the above causes, back pain can occur by getting infection of the reproductive organs in women, kidney stone, narrowing the distance between the vertebrae, inflammation of the prostate gland, premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, prostate cancer, obesity, and osteoporosis.
Most acute back pain can heal itself. While chronic back pain may require medical treatment and surgical procedures. Back pain may be relieved or treated with a variety of this way:
- Patch
Back pain can be relieved by applying a cream or patch on the pain location. Creams and patches that contain painkiller usually is a free drug. Cream and pain relief patch has advantages when used. Pain relief cream is easy and convenient to use because you just apply it around pain location. The cream also can be removed by washing with water. Other people do not even know if you are using a pain relief cream. This is because the cream does not leave marks or visible to the human eye.
- Exercise
Exercise, such as swimming and yoga, regularly every day will help reduce your back pain. Select the type of exercise that you enjoy and do not increases the pain.
- Visit Physician or Therapist
If the pain does not go away for more than six weeks, contact your doctor and seek treatments such as physiotherapy, chiropractic or acupuncture. If the disease is found in the body organ, then immediately seek the appropriate treatment recommended by your doctor.
- Surgery
Surgery is performed only if other ways have been done but pain still haunt, even make you difficult to sleep and interfere your daily activities.
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