Even children sometimes feel pain in the lower back. Adults know the problem beforehand. To overcome this, you need to find out: why the lower back hurts, what are the reasons. The range of causes is wide: from benign to emergency situations requiring medical attention. After finding the root of the disease, you will understand what to do, you can help yourself by contacting yourself or a doctor.
Factors that cause pain
Back pain is a common phenomenon, but from the "came by chance" category. It happens unexpectedly and always inappropriately. Everything has an explanation, consider the possible ones in order.
After sleep
A person wakes up in the morning and intends to get up. . . And he can't. Acute piercing back pain. The day before, I did not lift weights, I did not load the muscles, it is not clear where the pain comes from.
Action algorithm:
- With any pain, it is important to calm down in order to adequately assess the situation.Panic will not eliminate the pain, but it can make it worse. It doesn't work, we lie down and think.
- remember yesterdayIf you spent it in the office, and in the evening on TV or on the computer, and this is your usual work, the muscles are overloaded (don't be surprised). Constant, daily. They don't have time to rest at night. Passive rest does not promote recovery of muscles that are not strained. A static load is heavier than a dynamic load. The first (static) - being in the same position - overloads some muscles, leaving others without work. Dynamic (movement) involves many muscles.
- We continue to analyze.You load the muscles evenly, you do minimal exercise, you don't sit for eighteen hours a day, but you wake up with back pain.
Possible reasons:
- restless posture during sleep;
- Bed too hard or too soft;
- Manifestation of internal diseases.
The latter condition is rarely associated with sleep. A person may feel bad after waking up, because during sleep the body relaxes and the senses become dull. The perception of an awakened person is sharpened, he moves - the suffering organ reacts.
- If you calm down, analyze the situation, find the cause of the pain - act.If you are sure: muscle pain not related to organ pathology, get up gently. It doesn't work - roll to the edge of the bed, slide to the floor. There you will exercise to relieve muscle spasm - this is your treatment.
The first appearance of back pain after sleep is usually caused by the reasons listed above.Deep down, the root cause is lack of exercise, muscle weakness.Weakened muscles react to factors that strong ones "don't notice". It is not the hardness / softness of the bed, but awkward movements and loose muscles that cause pain.
Learn more about sleep comfort. Which bed is better: a controversial question, the answers to which are diametrically opposed. Proponents of a hard bed insist on using a shield under the mattress, calling such a bed orthopedic. A firm bed is believed to align the spine, which is good for posture.
Opponents of hardness promote a soft thick mattress that allows the body to "sink" in the filler. In the semi-suspended position, the muscles and spine take an arbitrary position. Advertisers of "soft sleep" argue: more beneficial, the approach is physiological. The mattress is also called orthopedic.
Back pain in both women and men occurs after sleeping in any bed. Extremes are not the best solution. Our strong ancestors, peasants, made beds with feather beds and slept in chests or stoves. Medium option. Posture was excellent, pain after waking up was not typical for young and middle-aged people.
Muscles to keep the body in shape - active, regular exercises will help: exercises. Muscle training. How to help yourself "here and now" - we will definitely talk about it. When we consider all the possible causes and find out what it could be, why did the back pain appear.
In other cases, you may feel pain and burning with spinal diseases and injuries. Then they are non-specific morning, "sleepy" disturbing regardless of time.
After training
Lack of load leads to weakness, muscle atrophy, overload - will reward pain for hard work. Memo to practitioners: consider "hurry up, slow down" as a recovery motto. It is not always possible to walk on a back full of strength and health.Gradually is the key to success.
Calculating the optimal load is not difficult, two indicators are needed:
- HR (heart rate, the number of heartbeats per minute is measured);
- Arterial pressure.
Heart rate is measured three times:
- Before class;
- At the end of the exercise;
- 5 minutes after class.
In a relatively healthy person with an initial heart rate of 70-72, immediately after exercise, with an adequate load, the heart rate can increase to 120 (not more). After 5 minutes, the pulse should slow down: it should be below 100. If the heart rate remains more frequent, the load is excessive, the muscles will respond with subsequent pain. The lower back is no exception.
Blood pressure should also return to normal after five minutes. This knowledge will tell you what to do to prevent back pain after exercise.
Because of negative emotions
A person who is prone to emotions or has been in a severe, long-lasting stressful situation can feel pain in the lower back of varying intensity. They are not associated with organic damage to the spine. The causes of back pain in the lumbar region are the body's reaction to stress.Nerve tension causes muscle spasms.Spasmodic muscles signal a malfunction in their work - pain.
It doesn't just happen in the lower back, muscle spasm can happen anywhere. In medicine, such a symptom is called psychosomatic pain.
Regular exercises aimed at strengthening and developing muscles, forming a "muscle corset" - prevention of neurological pain.
Diseases of the spine
Diseases of the spine itself, dysfunction of the muscles adjacent to it, are more difficult to treat. The main assistants: will, perseverance, patience. Diseases have individual triggers. The method of treatment depends on its nature.
Injuries
The muscles of the spine are damaged for two reasons:
- Self-harm from ignorance: not knowing the physiology of one's own body, improperly "using" the body.
- External influence (accidents, elements, unforeseen circumstances).
He does not engage in self-harm on purpose (exceptions are rare, we are talking about something else here), injuries occur through carelessness. The man did not calculate his strength, lifted something heavy and at the same time turned awkwardly. Damage to the spine in the lumbar region. The pain is sharp, sharp, does not allow to move.
It happens more often in men: they work with more weights.Standard recommendations of doctors:
- Restriction of movements (bed rest);
- Strong injection for pain in the back and lower back;
- Warming friction, ointments, compresses, heating;
- Physiotherapy procedures;
- Massage;
- Exercise therapy - during reduction of intensity, weakening of symptoms and remission.
Let's take a closer look at the essence of medical prescriptions:
- Rest (restriction of movements). The muscles are spasmodic, tense, some are blocked by the wrong load. By immobilizing the patient, the doctor inevitably corrects this blockage: immobility will not relieve the spasm. Muscles become stiff - they lose their elasticity, they remain tense for a long time. Without movement, muscle tissue quickly weakens throughout the body. These are the initial conditions for the disease to turn into a chronic form.
- Pain relievers. Injections "close" the symptoms, it is easier for the patient. But there is no therapeutic effect. The reason remains, the person feels less pain for just two to three hours. Strong drugs are also strong, they cause side effects. Often used to relieve pain attacks in the lumbosacral lumbar region, a drug from the group of phenylacetic acid derivatives causes serious problems in the gastrointestinal tract. Other painkillers are not without side effects. And they have been used in courses for a long time.
- The pain is always swelling. Visible or hidden, but pain and swelling definitely go together. Edema is aggravated by heating manipulations. The situation is the same: the pain is dull, the problem remains or progresses.
- Physiotherapy for spasmodic muscles has an effect close to placebo. Best case scenario.
- Skillful massage will benefit, relax the muscles. It is useless to hit carefully, use a special massage that removes spasm. It is painful at first, but it helps to heal quickly.
- Exercise is important immediately after an injury. Through the pain, the correct movements bring the muscles back to normal without drugs. It is necessary to know the exact diagnosis, pay attention to it, choose a number of exercises. Leave the diagnosis to the doctor.
Serious injuries (tear of soft tissues, fractures) require hospitalization and sometimes surgery. However, the main thing in rehabilitation is the development and strengthening of the damaged muscles, restoration. Drug anesthesia is a temporary measure, recovery is achieved with regular exercises.
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis is called dystrophic changes in the intervertebral discs:
- If the muscles supporting the spine and adjacent to it are weakly developed and slow, the cartilage tissue of the discs wears out. Without the support of a reliable muscle corset, the spine is vulnerable, the load on the discs is uneven.
- The discs are flattened, the tissues around them lose their elasticity, spasm occurs. The pain reflex is transmitted by the vertebrae of the disc from the place of compression: from the spasmodic muscles through the nerve to the brain.
- The edges of the vertebrae are deformed, begin to grow, in addition, damage the muscles.
- The chronic process is formed gradually, pain sensations are far from the beginning. It progresses from discomfort and dull pain - to growth, density. It often causes disability.
Osteochondrosis often occurs in men who are forced to lift weights. The disease often develops in women. Women are more sedentarylack of movement weakens the musculoskeletal system. Staying in one position for a long time overloads some muscle groups without engaging others. There are pains in the spine in the lower back and other segments.
The scheme is the same: muscle spasm, the signal from the pain receptors from compressed discs is read by the nerve, the person feels debilitating pain. This is called "radicular syndrome" (doctors explain it by squeezing the root of the spinal cord). Hypodynamia is blamed in tandem with an irresponsible attitude to health. Muscle tissue can regenerate, and for this it needs your conscious help. A compressed nerve (the second, imprecise, name of the syndrome, because the nerve does not have pain receptors, transmits an impulse from the edematous muscles) is not easy to treat. Will, patience, time are your allies.
Treatment is carried out inpatient or outpatient, as well as for injuries that do not require surgical intervention. Doctors use painkillers, blockades, prescribe anti-inflammatory and painkiller injections.
Full muscle function can only be restored with regular exercise. Thoughtful, skillful system of exercises. Choose the one that is right for you from among the author's medical rehabilitation methods.
Spondylosis
Untreated, progressive osteochondrosis can turn into spondylosis against the background of a number of disorders in the regime and the body itself. The growth of bone tissue is an adaptive response of the body. The muscles of the skeleton and spine do not hold. He tries to hold the supports - bone spikes with his own strength. In advanced cases, the processes grow together with neighboring vertebrae. The spine is fixed, stiffened, movements in the lower back are blocked.
The protrusions (growths) on the edge of the segments of the spine constantly damage the adjacent tissues.
Stop the disease in time, better yet, prevent it.Do not allow osteochondrosis to pass into spondylosis: it is more difficult to fight with the latter.
At least half an hour - forty minutes of simple (gradually remember) exercises every day. Gradually add regularity: do not miss classes. They will feel the result in two to four weeks. The time for complete treatment depends on the initial condition: how far the disease has progressed.
Correct gymnastics will definitely improve your well-being, but it will facilitate the indifferent stage, not cure it. The disease is severe. Operations for spondylosis are ineffective. Treatment is symptomatic. Anesthetize with ointments, injections.
When the pain in the lumbar-sacral region is unbearable, it is appropriate to use drugs. Dosage and frequency - adjust.The need for anesthesia disappears for muscles strengthened by exercises.The pain will subside. Prevention will serve as a guarantee that they will not return: gymnastics for muscles, joints and the whole body. At the same time, the body is completely healed.
Spondylarosis
Lumbar-sacral back pain manifests itself in spondylarthrosis. The pain may spread to the hips and thighs.
The disease is characterized by damage to the joints located between the bodies of the spine. Joint cartilage is destroyed, bone tissue is broken. Nearby muscles and ligaments are inflamed and tense. Mobility is reduced. The disease progresses, occurs in the elderly, young people rarely suffer - with congenital anomalies of the spine.
Factors that provoke spondylarosis:
- Age:
- Floor;
- Obesity;
- Heavy physical work in the past;
- Strong sports (barbell);
- Injuries;
- genetic predisposition.
Spondylarthrosis occurs twice as often in women. This fact is associated with metabolic disorders (fluctuations in the level and composition of hormones - pregnancy, menopause). It affects statistics and the difference in the average life expectancy of different sexes. The age bar for spondylarthrosis is high, women win more often.
The doctor decides how to treat, operations are not indicated. Procedures are aimed at reducing pain. The doctor will prescribe medications and possible exercises.
Radiculitis
If you do not treat osteochondrosis, it can be complicated with sciatica. The symptoms are similar, but the disease is more severe. Nerve fibers are affected - bundles located in the muscles adjacent to the spine along the spine. Pain in the lower back, radiating to the boot, hip and left leg, can indicate sciatica, osteochondrosis, spinal rupture. The pain also spreads to the right leg, less often it is bilateral. It is difficult to find a position that relieves the intensity of pain with sciatica. The pain spreads to the legs and other health disorders of the spine, consult a doctor:high-quality diagnosis is half the success in treatment.
In the absence of competent treatment, radiculitis leads to curvature of the spine. A frequent complication of the disease is a vertebral hernia, a protrusion of the disc compressed by the vertebra. With a lumbar herniated disc, the pain is constant, which is a severe consequence of sciatica.
The onset of radiculitis, like osteochondrosis, has similar causes:
- Violation of posture;
- Muscle weakness;
- straight legs;
- The wrong habit of "holding back" when walking, sitting, working and resting;
- Disruption of metabolic processes.
If osteochondrosis develops, if pain and burning appear in the back, deal with the problem immediately. Until it gets worse.
Radiculitis is treated in the same way as osteochondrosis:
- Relieve pain - apply ointments, gels, medicines;
- eliminate inflammation;
- Strengthen the muscular system with exercises.
tuberculosis process
Tuberculosis can cause inflammation of the muscles of any location. If the muscles of the lower back are inflamed, pain is felt there. The tuberculosis process in the bone tissue of the vertebrae is caused by the penetration of specific tuberculosis bacteria into the spinal tissue with the bloodstream. This leads to the development of tuberculous spondylitis or osteomyelitis (bacteria infect the bone marrow of the spine).
Diseases of lumbar tuberculosis etiology are accompanied by severe pain in the advanced stage.
What to do if diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis? Follow the instructions of an experienced doctor. It is dangerous to delay the treatment: the spine is gradually deformed: the vertebra is destroyed, a hump is formed.
Treatment is long, antibacterial, sometimes surgical. It is recommended to limit the load. Even after achieving remission, medical supervision is necessary.
Tumor
Tumor processes in the lumbar spine and adjacent tissues cause pain, which increases with the growth of the neoplasm. Unpleasant sensations give all kinds of tumors: benign and malignant.
If a tumor is suspected, a thorough examination and treatment is essential.Symptoms are similar to a pinched nerve, sciatica, or a herniated disc. Therefore, it is important to consult a doctor by making a reliable diagnosis.
Diagnosis is difficult due to the similarity of symptoms with other diseases. Night and morning pains are characteristic. A tumor involving the spinal cord has the worst prognosis.
Benign tumors are treated surgically, they are removed. Malignant ones are more often formed by metastases from other organs, which are difficult to treat. You need to contact the oncologist, he will plan and carry out the treatment. Treatment tactics: anesthesia, supportive therapy, if necessary - surgery.
Diseases of internal organs
disease, symptoms |
Why does the lower back hurt? |
Necessary measures |
|---|---|---|
A stroke is a disruption of blood circulation in the brain. Failure of most body functions - speech, motor, mental. |
Acute circulatory failure due to rupture or narrowing of an artery can affect the spinal cord. Its functions are disturbed, hypoxia occurs. This causes pain. |
Call emergency medical help immediately. |
Atypical acute appendicitis |
Pain occurs in places that are not characteristic of this disease - in the epigastrium, on the left side or in the lower back. |
Call an ambulance, hospitalization and surgery are possible. |
Pyelonephritis, ICD (kidney disease) |
The inflammatory process (pyelonephritis) or the development of a kidney stone causes pain in the lower back and under the abdomen of varying intensity - from pain to sharp, unbearable. |
Call an ambulance. |
Intestinal obstruction. Acute life-threatening condition: retention of feces and gases, vomiting, nausea, food masses do not pass through the intestines. Cold sweat, rapid pulse, drop in blood pressure. |
Pain in the form of contractions can be transmitted to the lower back. |
Emergency hospitalization. |
Reflected pain |
Give them:
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Examination, examination, diagnosis, and then adequate treatment are prescribed by a doctor. |
women's issues
The causes of pain are not always pathology, if we are talking about women. Sometimes they lie in purely female physiology.
During pregnancy
Painful pain in the lower back in expectant mothers can be conditionally attributed to pain. This is a natural feeling of heaviness: the child grows, the stomach increases, the weight is greatest in the pelvic region. This puts an increased load on the spine in the lumbar region. Imagine that a bag is tied to your belt, and a bucket or half a bucket of water is poured into it. After walking for several hours with such a load, even a man will feel tired, his lower back will hurt. Carrying a child is not an easy joy in every sense. 
In the early stages, the body begins to rebuild, it is felt.
A healthy woman does not perceive any "excess weight" as a concern.Normal developed muscles, gymnastics for pregnant women neutralizes the feeling of heaviness.If the pain is strong, if the abdomen and lower back ache, inform the doctor who conducted the pregnancy. The doctor will help you find out what it might be. Multiple pregnancies can increase the severity - the load is more than usual. Exacerbation of diseases existing before pregnancy is not excluded, a doctor's consultation will reveal this.
Period
The normal process shows: the woman is healthy. At the beginning of menstruation, the cervix opens slightly and pulling pain may occur. Then the internal mucous membranes surrounding the uterus are rejected - there may be pain. If the pain is unbearable - consult a doctor, he will tell you how to normalize menstruation. Irregular periods can indicate hormonal disorders.
How to relieve pain
Acute muscular back pain not related to organ damage can be resolved on its own, quickly and without medication.
Strong exhalation (deep, from the abdominal cavity) activates the diaphragm, activates blood circulation, and the condition is relieved.
- Lying on the back, we put a cold object under the lower back (a heating pad with ice, a bag of frozen vegetables, etc. ), and the cold anesthetizes the swollen muscles.
- We bend the legs a little at the knees.
- We put our hands on the ears, raise the head and shoulders while breathing in, and lower them while breathing out.
Cold removes swelling, activates blood flow to the lower back. The pain decreases.
Get down on all fours, stretch the muscles by walking with support on the palms and knees. 5-20 minutes is the optimal duration of exercise. Edema disappears, anesthesia occurs.
Lie on your back, feet on a bench (sofa, other comfortable support). Under the lower back - a heating pad with ice. Hands behind the head. As you inhale, lift the shoulder by trying to reach your knees with your elbows. Do 20 reps or more if possible. Muscles develop, swelling and spasms are removed, pain disappears.
There is a complex of exercises that strengthen the muscles of the lower back, here are the basics that quickly relieve pain. Kind of like an ambulance. Exercises are safe, initial pain is natural. If you start performing these actions immediately, it is possible to eliminate the pain syndrome in one or two sessions, as soon as a person feels discomfort, "pulls" the muscles.
Medicinal pain relievers provide temporary relief but do not cure the problem.Application, if unbearable, ointment, folk remedies (salt lotions, herbal baths), but the emphasis is on exercises.
Alternate well between work and rest, give yourself a good night's sleep.
Don't be aggressive: actively work your muscles. Practice movements that relieve muscle stiffness. They are a dynamic body. Do not force it by applying reasonable training sets. Be patient. The work of the muscles is controlled by the mind, their ability to regenerate (restoration) is amazing. Under the load, new pathways are innervated, bypassing the damaged ones, restoring temporarily lost functions of muscles affected by disease or external influence.
Anatomical changes apply only to the pathways. Health, well-being, mobility - restored.
There is no better investment than investing in your own health. It's about putting in the effort: exercising as part of your lifestyle. Make it a habit - like brushing your teeth every day.
Nursing care is not an option. The desire to find a comfortable position for the body that relieves pain is understandable. But if "motion is life, " then peace (desired in pain) is the antithesis of life. Eternal peace - with any degree of laziness - few people are interested in, so you have to worry about sick muscles. Through pain, diseases are loved when pampered (bed rest, minimal movements, warming up and other indulgences). Buttroubles recede before the brave, over and through the fear of experiencing pain. Overcome self-pity: it's an excuse for laziness and fear. A little courage, regular light work and you will forget about back pain.