Even children sometimes experience pain in the lower back. Adults know the problem first hand. To overcome it, you need to know: why the lower back hurts, what are the reasons. The range of causes is wide: from benign conditions to urgent conditions that require medical attention. Having found the root of the disease, you will understand what to do, you can help yourself or by contacting a doctor.
Factors that cause pain
Lower back pain is a common phenomenon, but from the "accidentally come" category. Happens unexpectedly and is always inappropriate. There is an explanation for everything, consider the possible in order.
After sleeping
One wakes up in the morning, intending to wake up. . . And he can't. Sharp stabbing back pain. The day before, I did not lift weights, I did not give load to the muscles, where the pain came from, it is not clear.
Action algorithm:
- With any pain, it is important to remain calm in order to adequately assess the situation.Panic will not relieve the pain, but it can make it worse. It didn't work, we thought lying down.
- Remember yesterday.If you spend it in the office, and in the evening on the TV or computer, and this is your usual routine, the muscles experience (don't be surprised) excessive load. Continuously, every day. They do not have time to rest at night. Passive rest does not help the recovery of unstressed muscles. Static loads are heavier than dynamic loads. The first (static) - being in the same position - loads some muscles, leaving others without work. Dynamics (movements) involve many muscles.
- We continue to analyze.You load the muscles evenly, do minimal exercise, sit instead of eighteen hours a day, but wake up with lower back pain.
Possible causes:
- Uncomfortable posture during sleep;
- The bed is too hard or too soft;
- Manifestations of internal diseases.
The latter condition is rarely associated with sleep. A person can feel unwell after waking up, because in a dream the body becomes relaxed, the sensation is dull. The perception of the awakened person is sharpened, he moves - the suffering organs react.
- If you are calm, analyze the situation, find out the cause of the pain - act.When sure: muscle pain, not associated with organ pathology, slowly get up. It doesn't work - roll to the side of the bed, slide to the floor. There you will exercise to relieve muscle spasms - this is your treatment.
Lower back pain after sleep, which appears for the first time, usually occurs for the reasons listed above.The main deep reason is detraining, muscle weakness.Weak muscles react to factors that are "not noticed" by strong ones. It's not the hardness/softness of the bed, awkward movements, and flabby muscles that cause pain.
Learn more about sleep comfort. Which bed is better: a controversial question, diametrically opposed answers. Proponents of hard beds insist on the use of armor under the mattress, calling such beds - orthopedic. It is believed that on a hard bed the spine straightens, which is good for posture.
Anti-stiffness promotes a soft thick mattress that allows the body to "sink" in the filler. In the semi-suspended state, the muscles and spine occupy an arbitrary position. Advertisers of "soft sleep" argue: it is more useful, the approach is physiological. Mattresses are also called orthopedic.
Back pain in women and men occurs after sleeping in any bed. Extreme is not the best solution. Our strong ancestors, farmers, slept on chests or stoves, made beds with feather beds. Middle choice. The posture is very good, pain after waking up is not typical for young and middle-aged people.
To maintain body shape, muscles - active, regular exercise will help: exercise. Muscle training. How to help yourself "here and now" - we will definitely talk about this. When we consider all the possible causes and find out what can happen, why lower back pain appears.
You can also feel pain and burning in other cases, with spinal diseases, injuries. Then they are non-specific mornings, disturbing regardless of the "sleepy" time.
After training
Lack of load leads to weakness, muscle atrophy, overload - will reward pain for perseverance. Memo to trainers: take the phrase "quick, slow" as a recovery motto. It is not always possible to row a myriad of strength and health.Grading is the key to success.
Calculating the optimal load is not difficult, you need two indicators:
- HR (heart rate, the number of heartbeats per minute measured);
- Arterial pressure.
Heart rate measurements are performed three times:
- Before class;
- At the end of the workout;
- 5 minutes after class.
In relatively healthy people with an initial pulse of 70-72, immediately after exercise, the heart rate may increase with sufficient load up to 120 (no more). After 5 minutes, the pulse should slow down: be below 100 beats. If the heartbeat remains more frequent, the load is excessive, the muscles will react with subsequent pain. The lower back is no exception.
Blood pressure should also return to normal within five minutes. This knowledge will tell you what to do so that pain in the lumbar muscles does not occur after training.
Caused by negative emotions
A person who is prone to feelings or who has fallen into a situation of severe prolonged stress may experience pain of varying intensity in the lower back. They are not associated with organic lesions of the spine. The cause of back pain in the lumbar region lies in the body's response to stress.Nerve tension causes muscle spasms.Spasmodic muscles indicate a malfunction in their work - pain.
This happens not only in the lumbar region, muscle spasms can occur anywhere. Such symptoms in medicine are called psychosomatic pain.
Regular exercises aimed at strengthening and developing muscles, the formation of a "muscle corset" - prevention of nerve pain.
Spine disease
The disease of the spine itself, the muscle dysfunction adjacent to it, is more difficult to treat. The main assistants: willpower, perseverance, patience. Diseases have individual triggers. The treatment method depends on its nature.
injury
Spinal muscles are injured for two reasons:
- Causing harm to oneself due to ignorance: ignorance of one's own body's physiology, improper "exploitation" of the body.
- External influences (accidents, elements, unexpected circumstances).
Self-destruction is not done on purpose (rare exceptions, we're talking about other things here), injuries happen due to negligence. The man did not calculate his strength, he jerked the heavy object, and at the same time turned awkwardly. Injury to the spine in the lumbar region. The pain is sharp, sharp, does not allow to move.
More often this happens in men: they work more with weights.The doctor's standard recommendation:
- Restriction of movement (bed rest);
- Strong injections for pain in the back and lower back;
- Warming rubs, ointments, compresses, heating;
- Physiotherapy procedures;
- Massage;
- Exercise therapy - after a decrease in intensity, reduction of symptoms and during remission.
Let's take a closer look at the essence of medical prescription:
- Rest (restriction of movement). The muscles are spasms, tense, some of them are blocked by the wrong load. By depriving the patient of movement, the doctor inadvertently corrects this blockage: immobility will not relieve the spasm. Muscles become rigid - lose flexibility, remain tense for a long time. Muscle tissue quickly weakens throughout the body unable to move. This is a prerequisite for the transition of the disease into a chronic form.
- Pain reliever. The injection "suppresses" the symptoms, making it easier for the patient. But there is no therapeutic effect. The reason remains, the person only feels less pain for two to three hours. Strong medicine is also strong, giving side effects. Often used to relieve pain attacks in the lumbosacral spine, drugs from the group of phenylacetic acid derivatives cause serious problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Other painkillers are also not without side effects. And they were used for a long time, of course.
- Pain is always swollen. It is visible or hidden, but pain and swelling coexist without fail. Edema worsens with heating manipulation. The situation is the same: the pain is dull, the problem remains or develops.
- Physiotherapy for muscle spasms is almost as effective as a placebo. Best case scenario.
- A skilled massage will benefit, relax the muscles. Careful stroking is useless, use a special massage that relieves cramps. It hurts at first, but helps with a quick recovery.
- Exercise is important immediately after an injury. Through the pain, proper movement returns the muscles to normal without medication. It is necessary to know the exact diagnosis, focus on it, choose a set of exercises. Leave the diagnosis to the doctor.
Serious injuries (soft tissue tears, broken bones) require hospitalization, sometimes surgery. But in rehabilitation, the main thing is the development and strengthening, recovery of injured muscles. Drug anesthesia is a temporary measure, recovery is achieved with regular exercise.
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis is called dystrophic changes in the intervertebral disc:
- The cartilaginous tissue of the disc wears out if the muscles that provide the spine, adjacent to it, are underdeveloped, sluggish. The spine is exposed without the support of a reliable muscle corset, the load on the disc is uneven.
- The disc becomes flat, the tissue around it loses its elasticity, stiffness. The pain reflex is transmitted from the point of compression by the disc vertebrae: from the spasmodic muscles through the nerves to the brain.
- Vertebral edges are deformed, begin to grow, in addition to injuring the muscles.
- The chronic process is formed gradually, the pain sensation is far from the beginning. Progress from dull discomfort and pain - to growth, intense. Often leads to disability.
Osteochondrosis often occurs in men who have to lift heavy. This disease often develops in women. Women tend to be more inactivelack of movement weakens the musculoskeletal system. Being in one position for long periods of time strains some muscle groups without involving others. There is pain in the spine in the lumbar region and others.
The scheme is the same: muscle spasms, signals from pain receptors from compressed discs are read by nerves, the person feels debilitating pain. It's called "radicular syndrome" (doctors explain this by squeezing the roots of the spinal cord). Hypodynamia should be blamed along with irresponsible attitude towards health. Muscle tissue can recover, for this it needs your conscious help. Pinched nerve (the name of the second syndrome, is not accurate, because the nerve does not contain pain receptors, it sends impulses from the edematous muscles) is not easy to cure. Willpower, patience, time are your allies.
Treatment is carried out inpatient or outpatient, as well as for injuries that do not require surgery. Doctors use painkillers, prescribe anti-inflammatory injections and relieve pain.
Full muscle function can be restored only with regular exercise. Smart and efficient training system. Choose from a variety of medical author recovery methods - right for you.
Spondylosis
Untreated progressive osteochondrosis against the background of several violations in the regimen and the body itself can develop into spondylosis. The growth of bone tissue is an adaptive response of the body. Skeletal muscles, spine, not resistant. He tried to survive with his own strength, rejecting support - bone spikes. The process in advanced cases grows together with neighboring vertebrae. The spine is fixed, it becomes rigid, movement in the lower back is blocked.
Protrusions (growths) at the edges of spinal segments continuously injure adjacent tissue.
Stop the disease in time, or better yet, prevent it.Do not allow the transition of osteochondrosis to spondylosis: the latter is more difficult to deal with.
At least half an hour - forty minutes of simple (remember gradual) exercise every day. Add regularity to regularity: don't skip class. The results in two to four weeks, they will show significantly. The time for complete healing depends on the initial condition: how far the disease has gone.
Proper gymnastics will certainly improve your well-being, but it will only facilitate the neglected stage, not cure it. The disease is severe. Surgery for spondylosis is ineffective. Treatment is symptomatic. Anesthetize with ointments, injections.
The use of medicines is advised if the pain in the lumbosacral area is unbearable. Dose and frequency - adjust.For muscles strengthened by exercise, the need for anesthesia disappears.The pain will decrease. Prevention will serve as a guarantee of no return: gymnastics for muscles, joints, and the whole body. At the same time, the body heals completely.
Spondylarthrosis
Pain in the lumbosacral spine is pronounced in spondylarthrosis. The pain may radiate to the back and thighs.
This 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. Reduced mobility. The disease develops, it occurs in the elderly, young people rarely suffer - with congenital anomalies of the spine.
Factors that provoke spondylarthrosis:
- Elderly age:
- Floor;
- Obesity;
- Heavy physical work in the past;
- Power sports (barbell);
- injury;
- genetic predisposition.
In women, spondylarthrosis occurs twice as often. This fact is associated with metabolic disorders (fluctuations in the level and composition of hormones - pregnancy, menopause). Influence statistics and differences in average life expectancy for different sexes. The age bar for spondylarthrosis is high, women overcome it more often.
The doctor decides how to treat, surgery is not indicated. The procedure aims to reduce pain. The doctor will prescribe medications and exercises that can be implemented.
Radiculitis
If you do not cure osteochondrosis, it can be complicated by sciatica. The symptoms are similar, but the disease is more severe. Affected nerve fibers - bundles located in muscles adjacent to the spine along the spine. Lower back pain is painful, pulling, radiating to the back and left leg, may indicate sciatica, osteochondrosis, spinal hernia. The pain also radiates to the right leg, less often it is bilateral. With sciatica, it is difficult to find a position that relieves the intensity of the pain. Pain radiating to the legs and with other spinal health disorders, consult a doctor:High-quality diagnostics is half the success in treatment.
Radiculitis in the absence of efficient treatment leads to curvature of the spine. A frequent complication of the disease is vertebral hernia, a protrusion of the disc compressed by the vertebra. With a hernia of the lumbar spine, the pain is constant, this is a severe consequence of sciatica.
The onset of radiculitis, like osteochondrosis, has the same cause:
- Violation of posture;
- Muscle detraining;
- Flat feet;
- The wrong habit of "holding back" when walking, sitting, working and resting;
- Violation of metabolic processes.
If osteochondrosis develops, pain and burning in the back appear, deal with the problem immediately. Until he got worse.
Radiculitis is treated with the same methods as osteochondrosis:
- Get rid of pain - apply ointment, gel, medicine;
- Relieves inflammation;
- Strengthen the muscular system with exercise.
tuberculosis process
Tuberculosis infectious disease can cause muscle inflammation of any localization. If the lumbar back muscles are inflamed, pain is felt there. The tuberculosis process in the vertebral bone tissue is caused by the penetration of certain tuberculosis bacteria into the vertebral tissue with the bloodstream. This leads to the development of tuberculous spondylitis or osteomyelitis (bacteria infect the bone marrow of the spine).
The etiology of lumbar tuberculosis is accompanied by severe pain in the advanced stages.
What to do if spinal tuberculosis is diagnosed? Follow the instructions of an experienced doctor. Delaying treatment is dangerous: the spine is gradually changing shape: vertebrae are being destroyed, humps are forming.
Treatment is long, antibacterial, sometimes surgical. Load limitation is recommended. Medical supervision is necessary even after achieving remission.
Tumors
Tumor processes in the lumbar spine and adjacent tissues cause pain, which increases with the growth of the neoplasm. Unpleasant sensations give any type of tumor: benign and malignant.
If a tumor is suspected, thorough examination and treatment are essential. Symptoms may resemble a pinched nerve, sciatica, or spinal hernia. Therefore, it is important to consult a doctor, establish a reliable diagnosis.
Diagnosis is difficult due to the similarity of symptoms with other diseases. Night and morning pain are characteristic. Tumors involving the spinal cord have the worst prognosis.
Benign tumors are treated surgically, they are removed. Malignant ones are more often formed by metastases from other organs, it is difficult to cure them. You should contact an oncologist, he will plan and carry out treatment. Treatment tactics: anesthesia, supportive therapy, if necessary - surgery.
Diseases of internal organs
disease, symptoms |
Why does the lower back hurt? |
Necessary action |
|---|---|---|
A stroke is a violation of cerebral blood circulation. Failure of most bodily functions - speech, motor, mental. |
Acute circulatory failure due to rupture or narrowing of vessels can affect the spinal cord. Its function is disturbed, hypoxia occurs. This causes pain. |
Immediately call for an ambulance paramedic. |
Atypical acute appendicitis |
The pain occurs in an unusual place for this disease - the epigastrium, the left side or the lower back. |
Call an ambulance, hospitalization and surgery are possible. |
Pyelonephritis, ICD (kidney disease) |
The inflammatory process (pyelonephritis) or the progression of kidney stones causes pain in the lower back and lower abdomen with varying intensity - from pain to acute, unbearable. |
Call an ambulance. |
Intestinal obstruction. Acute life-threatening conditions: retention of feces and gas, vomiting, nausea, food masses do not move through the intestines. Cold sweat, rapid pulse, drop in blood pressure. |
Pain in the form of contractions can be given to the lower back. |
Emergency hospital admission. |
Reflected pain |
Give them:
|
Examination by a doctor, examination, diagnosis, followed by an adequate treatment appointment. |
women's issues
The cause of pain is not always pathological, if we are talking about women. Sometimes they lie in female physiology alone.
During pregnancy
Painful pain in the lumbar region in expectant mothers can be conditionally associated with pain. This is a natural feeling of weight: the child grows, the belly increases, the weight in the pelvic area is the greatest. This gives an increased load on the spine in the lumbar region. Imagine you have a bag tied to your belt, a bucket or half a bucket of water is poured into it. After walking with such a load for several hours, although a man will feel tired, his lower back will hurt. Carrying a child is not an easy joy in every way. 
In the early stages, the body begins to rebuild, it is felt.
A healthy woman does not perceive the desired "overweight" as an inconvenience.Normal muscles develop, gymnastics for pregnant women neutralizes the feeling of heaviness.If the pain is very strong, lower abdomen and lower back pain, tell the doctor that leads to pregnancy. The doctor will help find out what could be going on. Multiple pregnancies can increase the severity - the load is greater than usual. Exacerbation of diseases that existed before pregnancy is not ruled out, 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 pains may occur. Then the internal mucous membrane lining the uterus is rejected - pain can also occur. If the pain is unbearable - see a doctor, he will tell you how to normalize menstruation. Irregular cycles may indicate a hormonal disorder.
How to reduce pain
Acute muscular back pain that is not associated with organ damage can be relieved on its own, quickly and without medication.
Strong exhalation (deep, from the stomach) activates the diaphragm, activates blood circulation, and a state of relief.
- Lying on the back, we put a cold object under the lower back (a heating pad with ice, a bag of frozen vegetables, etc. ), the cold also anesthetizes the edematous muscles.
- We bend the legs slightly at the knees.
- We put our hands to the ears, while exhaling we raise our head, shoulders and lower them while inhaling.
Cold relieves swelling, activates blood flow to the lower back. The pain subsided.
Get down on the floor 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 exhale, lift your shoulders, trying to reach your knees with your elbows. Do it 20 times 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 main ones that relieve pain quickly. Like an ambulance. Exercise is safe, early soreness is natural. If you start performing these movements immediately, as soon as someone feels discomfort, "pulling" the muscles, it is possible to relieve the pain syndrome in one or two sessions.
Medicinal pain relievers bring temporary relief, but do not eliminate the problem.Apply, if unbearable, ointments, folk remedies (salt lotion, herbal bath), but the emphasis is on training.
Alternate reasonably between work and rest, allow yourself a good night's sleep.
Don't procrastinate: proactively move your muscles. Practice movements that relieve muscle stiffness. They are dynamic organs. Use a reasonable training set, don't force it. Be patient. The work of the muscles is controlled by the mind, their ability to regenerate (recovery) is amazing. Under load, new pathways are absorbed, bypassing damaged ones, and function is lost while muscles affected by disease or external influences are restored.
Anatomical changes involve only the passage. Health, well-being, mobility - restored.
There is no better investment than investing in your own health. It's about investing: exercising as part of a lifestyle. To make it a habit - every day, like brushing your teeth.
Treating illness 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 (so desirable in the face of pain) is the antipode of life. Eternal peace - with any degree of laziness - few people are interested, so you have to bother the aching muscles. Through pain Illness is loved when it is indulged (rest, minimal movement, warming up and other indulgences). Butdisease recedes before courage, stepping over the fear of experiencing pain and going through it yourself. Overcome self-pity: it is an excuse for laziness and fear. A little courage, regular light work, and you will forget about lower back pain.