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Thursday 6 March 2014

BACKACHE

Backache or backpain is one of the most common ailments of mankind. Ever since human beings stood upright they have been having trouble with their backs. In fact, experts estimate that roughly 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives, and slightly more men suffer from it than women.

TYPES OF BACKACHE


Acute Backache

Back strain due to lifting of a heavy object, a fall, a violent jerk (as in case of a sudden car brake). 
Injury, road accident, fall of a heavy object, fracture of the spine, dislocation of a vertebral disk.

Chronic Bachache


Spondylosis: A vertebra slips forward on the lower one, usually just above the hipbone.

Slipped Disk: These disks act as cushions between two vertebral bones, the reason may be an injury to the spine which   is   forgetten, degeneration of the disk due to old age or other reasons.

Posture: Wrong Posture is the front runner as a cause of chronic back pain, (long hours sitting on chairs in the wrong posture, e.g., as you may be sitting watching this screen, watching TV slumped in the couch).

LOW BACK PAIN


Eighty percent of people will have low back pain at some point in their lives. And nearly everyone who has low back pain once will have it again. Very few people who feel pain in their low back have a serious medical problem. Ninety percent of people who experience low back pain for the first time get better in two to six weeks. Only rarely do people with low back pain develop chronic back problems.

With these facts in mind, you can be assured that back pain is common, that it usually only causes problems for a short period of time, and that you can take steps to ease symptoms and prevent future problems. Back pain is very common during pregnancy, due to the considerable anatomical changes and stress in the body. Carrying a child changes the position of your internal organs putting a huge amount of pressure on the lower spine. The increase in body weight, the muscle relaxing effects of the hormone progesterone, and the lumbar spine change in your center of gravity contribute to the problem. Thats why every day as your baby grows its harder to get up and down of chairs and beds.  If you have back pain you can feel also muscle aches, locked areas in your back, stiff neck and your hole body will ache.

Anatomy

The human spine is made up of 24 spinal bones, called vertebrae. Vertebrae are stacked on top of one another to create the spinal column. The spinal column gives the body its form. It is the bodys main upright support.
From the side, the spine forms three curves. The neck, called the cervical spine, curves slightly inward. The mid back, or thoracic spine, curves outward. The outward curve of the thoracic spine is called kyphosis. The low back, also called the lumbar spine, curves slightly inward. An inward curve of the spine is called lordosis.
The lumbar spine is made up of the lower five vertebrae. Doctors often refer to these vertebrae as LI to L5. The lowest vertebra of the lumbar spine, L5, connects to the top of the sacrum, a triangular bone at the base of the spine


Backache

that fits between the two pelvic bones. Some people have an extra, or sixth, lumbar vertebra. This condition doesnt usually cause any particular problems.
Each vertebra is formed by a round block of bone, called a vertebral body. The lumbar vertebral bodies are taller and bulkier compared to the rest of the spine. This is partly because the low back has to withstand pressure from body weight and from daily actions like lifting, carrying, and twisting. Also, large and powerful muscles attaching on or near the lumbar spine place extra force on the lumbar vertebral bodies.

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