Low Back Pain We Often Encounter in Daily Life

Most of us have experienced back pain at least once in our lives. Studies have shown that 80% of people around the world experience moderate to long-term pain periods at certain times in their lives.

The main causes of back pain are:

Postural disorder

compulsive movements

Posture disorders

Weaknesses in the abdominal region

Weaknesses in the back and waist area

Traffic accident, trauma, fall

Scoliosis

Heavy workers (hilti and drill users, exposed to vibration)

Those involved in sports such as American football, rugby, tennis, football

stay the same without breaking the position

being overweight

Trying to live without exercise

Living an unhappy, depressed, stressful life

Complaints related to mechanical low back pain:

Limitation in movements

difficulty walking

Difficulty going up and down stairs

Increased pain due to prolonged inactivity

Causes of mechanical low back pain:

Overstrain of muscles and ligaments

Wear of discs as a result of repetitive movements

Age-related Spondolysis (Calcification)

Spondylolisthesis (Slipped vertebra)

wrong sport

heavy lifting

Challenging exercises

Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)

Scoliosis (curvature of the spine)

Postural, posture and sitting disorders

Other factors that cause mechanical low back pain are:

Osteoporosis (Bone loss)

soft tissue rheumatism

Vascular problems

Infection and tumors

ankylosing spondolitis

Tips for those with low back pain:

They should rest for a minimum of two days and a maximum of one week.

Medications to be taken in consultation with the doctor during this period provide some relief from the pain and make your life a bit more comfortable.

In cases where the drugs are insufficient, the doctor's injecting you into the sensitive points for your low back pain is also among the treatment options.

In the early stages of low back pain, corsets and elastic bands can also be used to relieve pain and support the waist area. However, these supportive materials should be used for a short time because in long-term use, it causes atrophy (muscle shrinkage and muscle weakness).

Another option is the use of physical therapy and rehabilitation facilities. Methods such as hot/cold massage, use of stimulation devices, traction, ultrasound, thermal regulation are additional measures to relieve low back pain.

Despite all this, if you have suffered from low back pain with increasing complaints such as loss of strength in the legs, pain that does not go away despite interventions, urinary and fecal incontinence, as there is no reduction in pain, then there is a situation that you cannot avoid: surgery. It should not be forgotten that surgery is a last resort.

In fact, one of the most effective and most important ways to ensure that all these are not needed is to exercise.

The incidence of low back pain is very low in those who have a strong abdomen and developed lower back muscles.

Back pain and discomfort are inevitable for those whose abdominal muscles are weakened, those who do not do these exercises enough, those who have recently gained weight, pregnant women, and mothers who have given birth.