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Little exercise, sitting a lot or an incorrect posture – factors like these cause our back to struggle and it often makes itself heard with back and lower back pain.
These can vary in intensity.
A sharp and stabbing pain, for example, is a sign of lumbago.
If the pain radiates, on the other hand, it could be a sign of a slipped disc. Back problems can also be associated with congenital, hereditary or degenerative diseases, such as a curvature of the spine or a narrowing of the spinal canal.
Inflammation also plays a role and can lead to conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis, a stiffening of the spine.
However, back pain can also occur in expectant mothers at an advanced stage of pregnancy.
Localize back pain
Given the variety of back problems, it is therefore important to localize the pain precisely as a first step:
- Lumbar spine: The area most frequently affected by low back pain is the lumbar spine.
This is the lower back.
Doctors refer to this as lumbar back pain.
This part of the body is exposed to very high levels of strain, which can lead to muscle tension, tissue or fascia disorders and even herniated discs.
In the adjacent pelvis, overloading often triggers inflammation and pain in the sacroiliac joint.
- Spine: Muscle tension and irritation, skeletal deformities or other changes in the rib-vertebral joints are the most common causes of pain in the mid-back area.
- Thoracic spine & cervical spine: If the neck region hurts, this is often a sign of incorrect posture.
Muscle tension and stiffness are the result.
In rare cases, inflammatory loosening associated with a slipped disc can also be the cause of this type of pain.
It can lead to dizziness and radiate to the head, shoulder or arm.
Causes of back pain
- Non-specific back pain: This is not due to a specific cause and cannot be linked to any particular damage to the spine or a specific illness.
Instead, tense, shortened or overstretched muscles trigger the pain.
The most common causes are overloading during heavy physical work, one-sided movements, lack of exercise, poor posture or obesity.
Psychosocial aspects such as excessive demands, depressive moods or problems in the private or professional environment can also be risk factors.
- Specific back pain: This type is caused by back disorders and diseases.
The most common include slipped discs, osteoarthritis, bone atrophy, bone softening, Scheuermann’s disease, scoliosis, narrowing of the spinal canal, ankylosing spondylitis, inflammation of intervertebral discs, vertebrae or nerve roots following viral or bacterial infections, metabolic bone diseases and tumors.
It is also possible that pain radiates into the back that originates in a completely different part of the body, such as the kidneys, abdomen, heart, pancreas or gall bladder.
Treatment & Therapy
In most cases, back pain is caused by wear and tear, as well as non-specific pain, the cause of which cannot be immediately identified by X-ray diagnostics or magnetic resonance imaging, but which requires a thorough clinical or physical examination. Exercise therapy is often the best remedy, as very often the complaints are due to a lack of exercise and incorrect strain.
Avoiding stress and getting away from the everyday environment and its movements can also be beneficial.
Avoiding stress and getting away from the everyday environment and its movements can also be beneficial.
The team of doctors at the NUHR Medical Center works in a multimodal and multiprofessional way and specializes in pain of all kinds, including back pain.
We not only treat the symptoms, but also get to the bottom of the cause.
Medication is only used where it is appropriate and necessary.
However, our focus is clearly on special forms of therapy that are individually tailored to each person.
We call this the NUHR Med Concept.
It is based on the three pillars of individuality, intensity and regularity of therapies.
This can be, for example, Dorn and Breuss spinal therapy or Tilscher back training.
We are also specialists in the field of arsonvalization, which involves working with electrical currents.
Kinesio taping can also stimulate the skin receptors and stabilize muscle tension.
We offer individual programs for expectant mothers.
We not only treat the symptoms, but also get to the bottom of the cause.
Medication is only used where it is appropriate and necessary.
However, our focus is clearly on special forms of therapy that are individually tailored to each person.
We call this the NUHR Med Concept.
It is based on the three pillars of individuality, intensity and regularity of therapies.
This can be, for example, Dorn and Breuss spinal therapy or Tilscher back training.
We are also specialists in the field of arsonvalization, which involves working with electrical currents.
Kinesio taping can also stimulate the skin receptors and stabilize muscle tension.
We offer individual programs for expectant mothers.
